Mike Lane wrote:

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:02:19 +0000, David Horne, _the_ chancellor (* wrote
(in article ):


I like Guide Routard, but the one I've used (Andalucia) still focussed
mainly on towns. Fine for us, but not for the OP I suspect.

Ah well, you may be right I'm afraid. As I said I'll look into it, but the
trouble is that whilst many of these guides have a few morsels of useful
information, we just can't take them all with us. The Holy Grail I am
searching for is one or two volumes with just hotel information in them and
very little else. (The Logis Guide comes close.)

Something like the B&B guides you get for the UK?

By the way one other source I take with me is my trusty GPS. This has a
sizeable database of hotels covering most of Europe. The problem here is that
it doesn't contain any information about each entry apart from its name and
position. So one can turn up at the local Grand Palace or a dodgy doss-house.
Mind you there have been times when we would happily take either :-)

As I said, my experience in Italy is limited to towns, and I've
generally booked in advance. Recently in Sardinia, we just turned up in
a fairly quiet town (Dolgari) and just followed signs to a B&B. We were
very impressed at the quality of the room (and the view!) and that was
40 euro a night, including a good breakfast with great coffee! (Coffee
at Italian hotels has varied in quality in my experience.)

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