1. Tuscany: Montecatini & the Imperial Garden Hotel October 5-8, 2005

2. 2 Our Itinerary Pisa Montecatini Florence Sienna, the winery & San Gimignano Fly home from Bologna

3. 3 More marble quarries on the way to Montedcatini Marble quarries

4. 4 Another marble quarry Can you spot the quarried areas of the mountain?

5. 5 Leaving the highway at Montecatini – a big spa town

6. 6 Imperial Garden Hotel Cog railway to Montecatini alto

7. 7 Known for thermal spring spas

8. 8 Montecatini

9. 9 Montecatini Alto (upper, older city)

10. 10 Close up of part of Montecatini Alto

11. 11 Getting from Montecatini to Montecatini Alto inexpensively on a cog railway – a cab costs 20 Euros.

12. 12 Hotel Imperial Garden

13. 13 View from room 436

14. 14 Bigger room could easily have slept three people.

15. 15 We could get CNN here in English

16. 16 Hotel lobby

17. 17 A bar at the far end up the steps

18. 18 Lighted garden near the entrance

19. 19 Main entrance

20. 20 A welcome sight after walking “downtown” for dinner

21. 21 Next stop will be Florence Close this PowerPoint and click the next PowerPoint presentation on the table of contents, Florence part 1.