{"id":347,"date":"2016-10-13T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.monasterystays.com\/?p=347"},"modified":"2021-03-11T04:24:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T04:24:24","slug":"travelling-to-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monasterystays.com\/blog\/accommodation-tips\/travelling-to-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelling to Italy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"font-size:16px; color:#390; margin:0; padding-left:0px; padding-bottom:3px; padding-top:7px; line-height:1.5em; background-color:#fff; text-decoration:none;\">Experience a true slice of Italian life with <a style=\"color:#6699ff; text-decoration:none; cursor:pointer;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.monasterystays.com\/?utm_source=Newsletter&#038;utm_medium=Email&#038;utm_campaign=Oct_2016\">Monastery Stays<\/a><br \/>Accommodation in authentic Italian monastery &amp; convent guest houses<\/h2>\n<div style=\"width:100%; height:auto; background:#FFF; vertical-align:middle !important; padding:5px; margin-bottom:40px;\">\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"float:right !important; clear:right; overflow:visible; vertical-align: middle; margin-left:20px; padding:3px; cursor:pointer; border:solid 2px #36c; outline:none medium;background-color: transparent;  color: #666;-moz-border-radius-topleft: 4px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 4px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 4px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 4px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 4px;\">\n<div align=\"right\" style=\"float: right; width:320px;padding-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-right:2px;\"> <font style=\"font-size:20px; color:#36c; background-color:#FFF; text-decoration:none;\">In the News!<\/font><br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" width=\"40\" height=\"50\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.monasterystays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/news-small.png\" alt=\"Monastery Stays Newsletter\" \/><font style=\"font-size:12px; font-weight: normal; color:#666;\">Don&#8217;t just take our word for it<br \/>\n      Check out this recent travel media featuring Monastery Stays<\/font><\/div>\n<table style=\"clear:both; overflow:visible; vertical-align:top; text-align:center\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div style=\"display: block;width:320px;\"> <a style=\"text-decoration:none; color:#666;\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.monasterystays.com\/media\/heavenly-way-see-italys-cities\/#utm_source=Newsletter&#038;utm_medium=Email&#038;utm_campaign=Oct_2016&#038;utm_content=Media\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:8px;text-align:left;padding:2px 2px 2px 2px; cursor:pointer; border:solid 0px #FFF; outline:none medium;background-color: transparent;  color: #666;-moz-border-radius-topleft: 4px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 4px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 4px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 4px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 4px;\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:middle !important; padding:2px 2px 2px 2px; cursor:pointer; border:solid 0px; outline:none medium;color: #390;\">\n<div style=\"font-size:14px; font-weight:normal; border:solid 0px;\">A heavenly way to see Italy&#8217;s cities <\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top; padding-top:2px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:solid 0px; outline:none medium; width:100px; height:100px; max-width:100px;\" alt=\"Monastery Stays Accommodation\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.monasterystays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/A-heavenly-way-to-see-Italys-cities-e1476173985938-125x125.png\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding:2px 2px 2px 2px; cursor:pointer; border:solid 0px; outline:none medium; color: #666;\">\n<div style=\" text-align:left; font-size:11px;\" ><b>Monasteries and convents opening their doors to tourists.<\/b><br \/>\n                                The Times, UK Travel team recently took in a Monastery Stays Weekend Break in Rome &amp; Venice.<\/p>\n<p>                                Read their feature, &#8216;A heavenly way to see Italy&#8217;s cities&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight:bold; text-align:right; border:solid 0px;\">Click to read&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>            <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div style=\"display: block;width:320px;\"> <a style=\"text-decoration:none; color:#666;\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.monasterystays.com\/media\/cut-italian-holiday-costs\/#utm_source=Newsletter&#038;utm_medium=Email&#038;utm_campaign=Oct_2016&#038;utm_content=Media\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:8px;text-align:left;padding:2px 2px 2px 2px; cursor:pointer; border:solid 0px #FFF; outline:none medium;background-color: transparent;  color: #666;-moz-border-radius-topleft: 4px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 4px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 4px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 4px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 4px;\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:middle !important; padding:2px 2px 2px 2px; cursor:pointer; border:solid 0px; outline:none medium;color: #390;\">\n<div style=\"font-size:14px; font-weight:normal; border:solid 0px;\">Cut Your Italian Holiday Costs<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top; padding-top:2px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:solid 0px; outline:none medium; width:100px; height:100px; max-width:100px;\" alt=\"Monastery Stays Accommodation\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.monasterystays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Great-Destinations-Radio-Show-125x125.png\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding:2px 2px 2px 2px; cursor:pointer; border:solid 0px; outline:none medium; color: #666;\">\n<div style=\" text-align:left; font-size:11px;\" ><b>Shakespeare wrote the words &quot;get thee to a nunnery&quot;.<\/b><br \/>\n                                That&#8217;s good advice if you want to half your Italian hotel costs.<\/p>\n<p>                                The Great Destinations Radio Show spoke to monasterystays.com<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight:bold; text-align:right; border:solid 0px;\">Click to listen&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>            <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div style=\"display: block;width:320px;\"> <a style=\"text-decoration:none; color:#666;\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.monasterystays.com\/travel-ideas\/6-hotels-rome-guarantee-unconventional-stay\/#utm_source=Newsletter&#038;utm_medium=Email&#038;utm_campaign=Oct_2016&#038;utm_content=Media\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:8px;text-align:left;padding:2px 2px 2px 2px; cursor:pointer; border:solid 0px #FFF; outline:none medium;background-color: transparent;  color: #666;-moz-border-radius-topleft: 4px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius-topright: 4px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 4px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 4px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 4px;\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:left;vertical-align:middle !important; padding:2px 2px 2px 2px; cursor:pointer; border:solid 0px; outline:none medium;color: #390;\">\n<div style=\"font-size:14px; font-weight:normal; border:solid 0px;\">Hotels in Rome That Guarantee an Unconventional Stay<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top; padding-top:2px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:solid 0px; outline:none medium; width:100px; height:120px; max-width:100px;\" alt=\"Monastery Stays Accommodation\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.monasterystays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Vanity-Fair-125x125.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:left; vertical-align:top; padding:2px 2px 2px 2px; cursor:pointer; border:solid 0px; outline:none medium; color: #666;\">\n<div style=\" text-align:left; font-size:11px;\" ><b>Like Airbnb, but for your soul.<\/b><br \/>\n                                &quot;&#8230;in a nod to the city&#8217;s religious heritage, current (and former) convents and monasteries offer more than just a place to rest your head..&quot;<\/p>\n<p>                                Read Cond&eacute; Nast Vanity Fair&#8217;s review of Monastery Stays in Rome<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight:bold; text-align:right; border:solid 0px;\">Click to read&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>            <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:14px; color:#666; padding-left:5px; line-height:1.5em;\"> <b>Monastery Stays make  your Italian experience<\/b> truly unique.<\/p>\n<p>    Book your accommodation from over 500 <b>bed and breakfast guest houses<\/b> with a difference &#8211; lovely, clean, <b>ideally located<\/b> and <b>well priced monastery and convent guest houses <\/b> throughout Italy.<\/p>\n<p>    So much more than a standard hotel, <b>Monastery Stays opens the door to a true cultural experience<\/b> and warm welcoming guest houses that provide you with a sense of peace, warmth and security.<\/p>\n<p>    <b>Rome, Florence, Venice<\/b> are covered as are the magical hilltop towns of <b>Tuscany and Umbria, the Cinque Terre and Amalfi<\/b> coasts, with options throughout the country you can tour Italy with Monastery Stays.<\/p>\n<p>    With a calendar of festivals and major international events that are interwoven with thousands of years of <b>history, art, food and culture<\/b>, Italy is a year round destination that will have you wishing you could spend longer and return again and again&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>    So whether you are a single traveller, a family, or group on tour, <b>check out <a style=\"color:#6699ff; text-decoration:none; cursor:pointer;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.monasterystays.com\/?utm_source=Newsletter&#038;utm_medium=Email&#038;utm_campaign=Oct_2016\">monasterystays.com<\/a> and experience a true slice of Italian life.<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"width:400px !important; overflow:visible; vertical-align:top; padding-right:5px; margin-left:10px; margin-bottom:30px\"><a style=\"text-decoration:none; color: #FFF;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.monasterystays.com\/?utm_source=Newsletter&#038;utm_medium=Email&#038;utm_campaign=Oct_2016\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position: absolute; margin-top:-5px;margin-bottom:-5px; margin-left:-8px; z-index:999; border:solid 0px; outline:none medium;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monasterystays.com\/images\/steps\/start.png\"\/><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding:5px; text-align:right; background-color:#390; width:400px; font-size:14px; 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-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 4px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 4px;\"> <a style=\"text-decoration:none; color:#FFF;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.monasterystays.com\/?a=search&#038;location=Rome&#038;utm_source=Newsletter&#038;utm_medium=Email&#038;utm_campaign=Oct_2016\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monasterystays.com\/images\/newsletters\/SMF_6.jpeg\" alt=\"Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra\" width=\"320\" height=\"70\" style=\"width:320px !important;; height:70px; border:solid 0px; outline:none medium; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:3px;\" title=\"Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra \"\/><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monasterystays.com\/images\/newsletters\/SMF_10.jpeg\" alt=\"Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra\" width=\"320\" height=\"70\" style=\"width:320px !important; height:70px; border:solid 0px; outline:none medium; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:3px;\" title=\"Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra \"\/><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monasterystays.com\/images\/newsletters\/SMF_8.jpeg\" alt=\"Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra\" width=\"320\" height=\"70\" style=\"width:320px !important;; height:70px; border:solid 0px; outline:none medium; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:3px;\" title=\"Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra \"\/><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monasterystays.com\/images\/newsletters\/Music_Festival.jpg\" alt=\"Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra\" width=\"320\" height=\"70\" style=\"width:320px !important;; height:70px; border:solid 0px; outline:none medium; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px;\" title=\"Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra \" \/><\/a><br \/>\n    <span align=\"right\" style=\"font-size:9px; font-style:italic; text-align:left;\">Images courtesy of Fondazione pro Musica e Arte Sacra<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size:14px; color:#666; padding-left:5px; line-height:1.5em;\"> <font style=\"font-size:20px; color:#36c; background-color:#FFF; text-decoration:none;\">International Festival<br \/>\n    of Sacred Music and Art<br \/>\n    <span style=\"font-size:0.8em;\">Rome &amp; Vatican City, 16 &#8211; 21 November<\/span><\/font><br \/>\n    Explore the Eternal City by day and then take the opportunity to immerse yourself in the beauty of Rome&#8217;s Patriarchal Basilicas surrounded by outstanding artists, including the Festival&#8217;s Orchestra-in-Residence, the Vienna Philharmonic.<\/p>\n<p>    A very special experience which we have attended and can highly recommend.<\/p>\n<p>    Book for next month or plan ahead for 2017! <br \/>\n    <a style=\"color:#6699ff; text-decoration:none; cursor:pointer;\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.monasterystays.com\/travel-ideas\/music-festivals-in-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to read our feature article about the Festival and more on the very special programme.<\/strong><\/a> \n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width:100%; height:auto; background:#FFF; vertical-align:middle !important; padding:3px; margin-bottom:30px;\">\n<div style=\"clear:both; overflow:visible; vertical-align:top; font-size:14px; color:#666; padding-left:5px; line-height:1.5em;\"><font style=\"font-size:20px; color:#36c; background-color:#FFF; text-decoration:none;\">Groups, groups, groups&#8230;.<\/font><\/p>\n<div align=\"left\" style=\"float: left; padding-right:5px; width:155px; margin-bottom:10px;\"><a style=\"text-decoration:none; color: #FFF;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.monasterystays.com\/?a=groups&#038;utm_source=Newsletter&#038;utm_medium=Email&#038;utm_campaign=Oct_2016\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monasterystays.com\/css\/sliced\/ffffff\/ui-icon-person.png\" style=\"margin:1px; padding:1px;border:solid 0px; outline:none medium; background:#CCC;\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monasterystays.com\/css\/sliced\/ffffff\/ui-icon-person.png\" style=\"margin:1px; padding:1px;border:solid 0px; 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