Hotel La Compagnia Del Viaggiatore

Information please

by iandsmith

At the information centre I went to (three are listed) and from enquiries I had made from Australia, it was apparent that L'Aquila was looking for tourists. The proffering of seemingly endless maps and information indicated that.
I reflected that, in places like Sienna and Florence, everything has a price and they've had tourists up to their ears. Here, the smiles and welcoming gestures are still readily apparent, a reminder of why I wax lyrical about venues such as L'Aquila, Trento and Vicenza. They still value their clientele and have time to spend with you. Thus it was that, armed with maps in hand, I wandered back down the narrow via Leosini and walked past this sign. It's one of those things you go past and think "I should've taken a photo of that". Many times you don't take the trouble to stop, unload all your gear and make the effort; but this one was too tempting. I think the reasons are self explanatory.

An Interesting Stopover From Sirolo to Gaeta

by deecat

"Great Place to Sleep, Eat, and Wander"

We were on our way to Gaeta and stopped in L'Aquila for dinner, an overnight sleep, and breakfast.

The photograph of the beautiful pink rose was taken outside the Hotel Ristorante Canadian. I love this photo, and it really symbolizes how much we enjoyed our hotel and our dinner in L'Aquila.

"April 6, 2009: Earthquake Hits L'Aquila"

This April 6, 2009, I woke up to the devastating news that lovely L'Aquila was the epicenter of an Earthquake, and as of this writing, 92 people have died, and 1500 are injured as well as thousands are homeless. The photographs and narratives about this tragedy were hard to process...it brought back our wonderful memories from 2006 when we spent an evening and overnight here in L'Aquila.

My heart goes out to all the residents.