Our day began with our breakfast being served on our balcony. Holidays are tough. First place I've ever stayed where breakfast is served up to midday. That was even too late for us!!!! Several honeymooners are here.The boat was for late afternoon-early evening so we spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon swimming at the rock pool. We picked up the boat, did a quick stop at Monterresso and decided it was way too populated and too touristy. Then head...

Our check out time from the last minute room was 10 o'clock. It was OK but didn’t have a comfortable feeling about it. The owner suggested we took our bags straight up to La Torretta. Once we arrived we were treated like royalty. The owner, Gabriele, asked us to enjoy the balcony whilst they made our room really. A lady came out with cappuccinos and cakes, our suitcases were whisked away.Within 10 minutes we were shown to our room. Very lovely. But the ...

The train began early as our train for Firenze left at 9:25 am. Who organised a holiday that involved getting up at 7:30? It turned out to have been quite lucky we were up early. We learnt the Italians had planned one of their infamous general strikes for the next day. The hotel owner said some trains would run, but the trentilalia website was down, surprise, surprise, and he could not tell us which. When we arrived in Firenze, we joined the train information que...