We will be in Rome for 5 nights, travel to Venice and Pisa for a few days return turn
to Rome and the same hotel for 3 additional nights. Does anyone know if the hotel
will keep our extra bag for us? We would like to take just one. Or, should we just
store it a the train station?

Also, is the tower in Pisa open for visitors? I have the official web site, but
there's no information about obtaining tickets.

And lastly, a general question. We've been to several musems and have seen people
painting reproductions. Some were so -so, some were top notch, at least to me. Are
these students or someone hoping to sell it? I probably can't afford one, but how
much would it run? I would take a faux Mary Cassatt any day.

Thanks.

In article <[email protected]. com>, "DebTraveler"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    > We will be in Rome for 5 nights, travel to Venice and Pisa for a few days return
    > turn to Rome and the same hotel for 3 additional nights. Does anyone know if the
    > hotel will keep our extra bag for us? We would like to take just one. Or, should we
    > just store it a the train station?
    >

There is no universal rule on this. I have usually had good luck storing a bag when
returning to a hotel -- but it probably depends on that hotel's space and general
level of organization. I wouldn't do it if they aren't equipped to give you a receipt
and put it in a storage room.

    > Also, is the tower in Pisa open for visitors? I have the official web site, but
    > there's no information about obtaining tickets.
    >
    > And lastly, a general question. We've been to several musems and have seen people
    > painting reproductions. Some were so -so, some were top notch, at least to me. Are
    > these students or someone hoping to sell it? I probably can't afford one, but how
    > much would it run? I would take a faux Mary Cassatt any day.
    >
    > Thanks.

"DebTraveler" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > We will be in Rome for 5 nights, travel to Venice and Pisa for
a few days
    > return turn to Rome and the same hotel for 3 additional nights.
Does anyone
    > know if the hotel will keep our extra bag for us?

Depends on the hotel, I assume. Why not ask them?

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    > We would like to take just one. Or, should we just store it a the train station?
    >
    > Also, is the tower in Pisa open for visitors? I have the
official web site,
    > but there's no information about obtaining tickets.
    >
    > And lastly, a general question. We've been to several musems
and have seen
    > people painting reproductions. Some were so -so, some were top
notch, at
    > least to me. Are these students or someone hoping to sell it?
I probably

    > can't afford one, but how much would it run? I would take a
faux Mary
    > Cassatt any day.
    >
    > Thanks.
    >

No they've told me they are unable to on this occasion. Sorry. Dave

"DebTraveler" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > We will be in Rome for 5 nights, travel to Venice and Pisa for a few days return
    > turn to Rome and the same hotel for 3 additional nights. Does
anyone
    > know if the hotel will keep our extra bag for us?

DebTraveler <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Also, is the tower in Pisa open for visitors? I have the official web site, but
    > there's no information about obtaining tickets.

I tried to find more information, but didn't succeed. I suggest you to write to the
Tourist Office to know something more:

[email protected]

[email protected]

Elisabetta

DebTraveler wrote:
    >Also, is the tower in Pisa open for visitors? I have the official web site, but
    >there's no information about obtaining tickets.

There is info on this site www.italywithus.com/ click-on "News". Still no online
booking, so you must queue for a ticket for a later time. Regards, Walter

..And Paradise Was Lost...like teardrops in the rain...

"DebTraveler" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected] digy.com>...
    > We will be in Rome for 5 nights, travel to Venice and Pisa for a few days return
    > turn to Rome and the same hotel for 3 additional nights. Does anyone know if the
    > hotel will keep our extra bag for us? We would like to take just one. Or, should we
    > just store it a the train station?
    >
    > Also, is the tower in Pisa open for visitors? I have the official web site, but
    > there's no information about obtaining tickets.
    >
I was in Pisa on 28/29 Dec 2001. The tower is open for visitors, but you must book!
We got there about 10:30 and the first booking we could get was 15:00, we could not
afford to hang round for nearly 5 hours so had to pass it up this time.

Allen

Details of the leaning tower of Pisa are given on the home page - click on news:
www.italywithus.com/

Poetic Justice wrote:

    > DebTraveler wrote:
    > >Also, is the tower in Pisa open for visitors? I have the official web site, but
    > >there's no information about obtaining tickets.
    >
    > There is info on this site www.italywithus.com/ click-on "News".

I don't see a link "News" there.

Michael
If you open the home page and look in the yellow box on the right - under the map of Italy it says News - click on it.
Soon this will be moved to the travel page and the news will be changed.