In Italy, January is the time for shopping and sales. Prices are melting like ice in the sun. The most sophisticated brands lose half their price.
We flew to Italy with Siberia Airlines.
The airport in Rimini is very miserable, one and a half planes land a day, the prices in the Duty Free Shop (one for the entire airport) are higher than in a regular Italian supermarket. I was struck by the slovenliness with which the Italians treat the accountable state-owned property of Rimini Airport, which would seem to be only Russian: the doors creak, the taps do not work, no personnel were noticed in the nearest monitored area. Sticks of sausage brought in suitcases were very roughly taken away from Russian tourists. But this, as it turned out, flowers ...
We were put in a prehistoric bus, which, due to the extreme humidity of the air and the lack of air conditioning, fogged up all around. In order to remedy the situation, the driver turned on the stove (+11 outside! ).
And so we drove all the way, feeling at the equator. The transportation of tourists to the ateliers was carried out by distancing according to the principle, we will leave you on the main street, and you will find the hotel yourself. Thanks tour operator!
The most indelible impression was made by the hotel! Just tin, gentlemen! To say poor is to say nothing! The hotel did not pull even 1 star, not like the stated 3! Immediately upon entering the nose hit the pungent smell of sewage! What made us happy was the knowledge of English by the hotel manager, but then ...the three of us were greeted in a room the size of a meter by a meter, where, for some reason, there were 5 beds, like in a small Chinese hostel! Room for three! Then, in a very wretched toilet, though with a shower, we found one piece of soap, the size of a matchbox, towels and ...EVERYTHING! And this is the expected European 3 stars? ! I beg of you! Terrible!
Breakfast is also a work of art: a dried crust of bread, a slice of melted cheese, a microscopic jar of jam. And it was declared as "continental tomorrow"! Apparently, food is tight on the continent!
On the door of our room was a picture of "Venus of Melos", covering her nakedness with a mop of red hair. It seems that some obscene word scrawled by previous visitors to the room was covered with this canvas. During our entire stay (7 days) we were cleaned 1 time. Linen and towels were never changed.
The next morning, a Russian lady (a neighbor along the corridor) met us in the corridor, and asked if there were valves and cockroaches in the room, which her herds walked. Thank God it's over!
The program of our tour included 3 excursions: Venice, Florence, Rome. The organization was amazing!
They never called us and didn’t tell us what time and where the tour bus starts from, but they immediately warned us that if we weren’t at the bus stop at the appointed (it’s not clear who) time, then it was automatically considered that we didn’t want to go. So, having opened our eyes at 6 o'clock local time, we trudged to the place, deductively tried out from fellow tourists, got into the same miracle bus and drove to Rome.
And why did we take a navigator with us? ! It was such a shame to see how, instead of toll highways, we were being taken along free bypass roads winding through mountainous terrain. As a result, we drove to Rome for about 5 hours!
Rome is great, only on the bus they announced to us that for the metro we should chip in an additional 2 Euro per person. Well, what if the tour does not provide for this? There is no way out, I had to pay. We walked at a gallop through Rome, ran into the Vatican.
Great, we just decided that we will not go on the rest of the excursions.
We walked around Rimini (a very nice, typical Italian town, quiet and cozy), found a sixt car rental company. They wanted to take a diesel Alfa Rameo, but there was none. Then, having consulted, we took the most expensive brand new BMW3 in the existing park, diesel and drove around Italy (rental for 4 days from Friday to Monday cost 310 Euros with full insurance).
The trip was amazing!
We went to Florence, to Venice, drove around small towns such as Barberino de Mugello. I’ll tell you honestly, the real Italy is precisely in these small quiet towns, where everything is arranged unusually logically, life here flows slowly, everyone knows each other, they say hello, in the morning they discuss the latest news over a cup of coffee and a custard bun. On weekends, the main street where the fair calls in is closed! Great!
We visited private wineries and tasted wonderful Italian wine. Nobody knows English, so they explained themselves mainly by gestures - very cool!
In general, the Britannia hotel did not spoil the impression of Italy. But I don't recommend going there!
We flew to Italy with Siberia Airlines.
The airport in Rimini is very miserable, one and a half planes land a day, the prices in the Duty Free Shop (one for the entire airport) are higher than in a regular Italian supermarket. I was struck by the slovenliness with which the Italians treat the accountable state-owned property of Rimini Airport, which would seem to be only Russian: the doors creak, the taps do not work, no personnel were noticed in the nearest monitored area. Sticks of sausage brought in suitcases were very roughly taken away from Russian tourists. But this, as it turned out, flowers ...
We were put in a prehistoric bus, which, due to the extreme humidity of the air and the lack of air conditioning, fogged up all around. In order to remedy the situation, the driver turned on the stove (+11 outside! ).
And so we drove all the way, feeling at the equator. The transportation of tourists to the ateliers was carried out by distancing according to the principle, we will leave you on the main street, and you will find the hotel yourself. Thanks tour operator!
The most indelible impression was made by the hotel! Just tin, gentlemen! To say poor is to say nothing! The hotel did not pull even 1 star, not like the stated 3! Immediately upon entering the nose hit the pungent smell of sewage! What made us happy was the knowledge of English by the hotel manager, but then ...the three of us were greeted in a room the size of a meter by a meter, where, for some reason, there were 5 beds, like in a small Chinese hostel! Room for three! Then, in a very wretched toilet, though with a shower, we found one piece of soap, the size of a matchbox, towels and ...EVERYTHING! And this is the expected European 3 stars? ! I beg of you! Terrible!
Breakfast is also a work of art: a dried crust of bread, a slice of melted cheese, a microscopic jar of jam. And it was declared as "continental tomorrow"! Apparently, food is tight on the continent!
On the door of our room was a picture of "Venus of Melos", covering her nakedness with a mop of red hair. It seems that some obscene word scrawled by previous visitors to the room was covered with this canvas. During our entire stay (7 days) we were cleaned 1 time. Linen and towels were never changed.
The next morning, a Russian lady (a neighbor along the corridor) met us in the corridor, and asked if there were valves and cockroaches in the room, which her herds walked. Thank God it's over!
The program of our tour included 3 excursions: Venice, Florence, Rome. The organization was amazing!
They never called us and didn’t tell us what time and where the tour bus starts from, but they immediately warned us that if we weren’t at the bus stop at the appointed (it’s not clear who) time, then it was automatically considered that we didn’t want to go. So, having opened our eyes at 6 o'clock local time, we trudged to the place, deductively tried out from fellow tourists, got into the same miracle bus and drove to Rome.
And why did we take a navigator with us? ! It was such a shame to see how, instead of toll highways, we were being taken along free bypass roads winding through mountainous terrain. As a result, we drove to Rome for about 5 hours!
Rome is great, only on the bus they announced to us that for the metro we should chip in an additional 2 Euro per person. Well, what if the tour does not provide for this? There is no way out, I had to pay. We walked at a gallop through Rome, ran into the Vatican.
Great, we just decided that we will not go on the rest of the excursions.
We walked around Rimini (a very nice, typical Italian town, quiet and cozy), found a sixt car rental company. They wanted to take a diesel Alfa Rameo, but there was none. Then, having consulted, we took the most expensive brand new BMW3 in the existing park, diesel and drove around Italy (rental for 4 days from Friday to Monday cost 310 Euros with full insurance).
The trip was amazing!
We went to Florence, to Venice, drove around small towns such as Barberino de Mugello. I’ll tell you honestly, the real Italy is precisely in these small quiet towns, where everything is arranged unusually logically, life here flows slowly, everyone knows each other, they say hello, in the morning they discuss the latest news over a cup of coffee and a custard bun. On weekends, the main street where the fair calls in is closed! Great!
We visited private wineries and tasted wonderful Italian wine. Nobody knows English, so they explained themselves mainly by gestures - very cool!
In general, the Britannia hotel did not spoil the impression of Italy. But I don't recommend going there!
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