Review: Carpediem Assisi Living Club

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Following is an overview of the review that was added:

Great view and a great location.

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[Carol C Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Carol C]

All I know is every time I see the name of that resort I misread it, 'cause it looks like Carpediem Assisted Living Club.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

That was exactly what I was going to say, too. Maybe Frank misspelled it.

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Adding to my review so I can add it later


When you are driving up you can not believe the beauty of the city. Looking up you will see a city above that looks like a giant castle.

These are some of the trips we took from the resort.
From the resort you are about 2 hours from Rome by car or train. The train station is 10 minutes from the resort. The cost for 3 of us to take the train was about $150 Euros.
You are about an hour and a half from Sienna which we enjoyed very much. There are 2 main things to see in Sienna, This should take about 4-5 hours to do. There are also some nice shops there and wine I found to be very reasonable there.
From Sienna we went to Pisa and did an over night in Pisa. The ride was only about an hour from Sienna to Pisa. We stayed at the Hotel Bayamo which is a fairly new hotel. I paid about $150 for the night through Priceline. We got to Pisa early enough to see everything and went up to the top of the leaning tower at night. Dinner in Pisa, what can I say it is a tourist trap. We started out early the next day and went to Florance the next morning which is an hour from Pisa. Florance is huge compared to Pisa and Sienna. There is plenty to do and see. The flea markets had great deals on Leather goods. We had reserved a tour to pass the lines through www.selectitaly.com and went right in. From Florance the ride back is about two and a half hours. Be sure you bring your directions to get back so you know what exit to get off. We missed the exit and went 50 miles out of the way.
When we checked out we drove to Rome and then onto Positano. My two favorite places in Italy were Positano and Assisi.

We did not got to Venice from the resort since we flew two weeks later from Rome. I do feel you can make it there in under 3 hours by car.
Keep in mind that I do drive very fast , so if you are keeping up with traffic you may want to add some extra time to compensate. No matter what you decide to do. You must get an early start. By leaving early you will beat the traffic and get more done. Parking is an issue no matter where you go. Also I highly recommend buying rick Steves book on Italy. We could not have done half of what we did without it. http://www.ricksteves.com/

More pictures will follow at a latter date.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Were you trying to get a ride in that last picture ?

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

Were you trying to get a ride in that last picture ?

You're too funny.......

[CarlK Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close CarlK]

Thanks for the review Frank! We are booked into the Carpe Diem Assisi in May 2008, and your review is very helpful.
Carl

[wombat Member Find all posts View Profile Close wombat]

Thanks Frank, for your review. We're looking forward to the Carpediem next year.