Area 2?
Jul 22nd, 2006, 12:42 PM
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Area 2?
I have been recommended to stay at either the Da Vinci or Raffello and both are in area 2. The map portions of their sites down't download. Can anyone tell me where they may be.
Jul 22nd, 2006, 12:52 PM
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What city are we talking about?
How does "Area 2" come into it? I mean, where did you find out that they - I assume you mean the Da Vinci and the Raffaello [note spelling] - are in Area 2? And how is Area 2 defined?
The Da Vinci and the Raffaello are, I suppose, hotels.
How does "Area 2" come into it? I mean, where did you find out that they - I assume you mean the Da Vinci and the Raffaello [note spelling] - are in Area 2? And how is Area 2 defined?
The Da Vinci and the Raffaello are, I suppose, hotels.
Jul 22nd, 2006, 02:08 PM
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One thing I can say about these two hotels is that they are not in Florence.
Da Vinci is just west of Fiesole about 3.5 miles from central Florence.
Raffello is about 2.5 mile NW of central Florence - right of highway Via Reginaldo Giuliani.
I did notice that both hotels are dirt cheap - probalby because they not convenient to any tourists areas.
Da Vinci is just west of Fiesole about 3.5 miles from central Florence.
Raffello is about 2.5 mile NW of central Florence - right of highway Via Reginaldo Giuliani.
I did notice that both hotels are dirt cheap - probalby because they not convenient to any tourists areas.
Jul 22nd, 2006, 03:53 PM
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Now that you have been so unpleasant - I didn't realize since I was on the site for Prague that the city (or country) didn't come up. Thank goodness for kind people who realize that errors can be and are made for novices.
...and to hsv, clearly the one with a limited vocabulary - I was perhaps improperly informed that Prague is broken down into Areas.
...and to hsv, clearly the one with a limited vocabulary - I was perhaps improperly informed that Prague is broken down into Areas.
Jul 22nd, 2006, 04:16 PM
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Hello auhntiei, the problem for so many new posters here on Fodors is that they believe (and understandably so) that when they click on the country in the box and than post that their post will be shown under that country's name.
Well actually anything posted under the Europe Board gets "thrown", so to speak, into the Europe Board. The box with all the country names are merely for the search function and that only works if a poster shows the country name in the title of the new thread such as "Hotel recommendations for Rome, Italy".
So your title Area 2 was thrown in with all the other threads for Europe.
So it was not the least bit clear what city or even country you were referring to. And if there are some answers here regarding your question it will not show up on in the search function for anyone else in the future due to the way the title of your thread reads.
Actually bardo obviously spent some time trying to answer your question. A thank you to him would be nice.
Anyway, now that you understand how Fodor's work you will know how to post in the future. Best wishes to you with your trip plans.
Well actually anything posted under the Europe Board gets "thrown", so to speak, into the Europe Board. The box with all the country names are merely for the search function and that only works if a poster shows the country name in the title of the new thread such as "Hotel recommendations for Rome, Italy".
So your title Area 2 was thrown in with all the other threads for Europe.
So it was not the least bit clear what city or even country you were referring to. And if there are some answers here regarding your question it will not show up on in the search function for anyone else in the future due to the way the title of your thread reads.
Actually bardo obviously spent some time trying to answer your question. A thank you to him would be nice.
Anyway, now that you understand how Fodor's work you will know how to post in the future. Best wishes to you with your trip plans.
Jul 22nd, 2006, 04:35 PM
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There really isn't any need to make "unpleasant" remarks about someone else's "limited vocabulary" etc., and all it does is make you sound like some sort of petulant individual.
People here are not, by nature, unpleasant although they do sometimes have limited amounts of patience.
You are correct about Prague being broken down into areas but not everybody
knows which areas are which and it is often easier to describe cities using more familiar landmarks.
I also wish you the best of luck with both your travel plans AND any future posts here now that you definitely understand how it works. Not to avail yourself of the vast amount of information would be the worst result of spite imaginable.
People here are not, by nature, unpleasant although they do sometimes have limited amounts of patience.
You are correct about Prague being broken down into areas but not everybody
knows which areas are which and it is often easier to describe cities using more familiar landmarks.
I also wish you the best of luck with both your travel plans AND any future posts here now that you definitely understand how it works. Not to avail yourself of the vast amount of information would be the worst result of spite imaginable.
Jul 22nd, 2006, 07:32 PM
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auhntiel: For such a new poster you certainly jumped on folks in a hurry. Welcome aboard - but you will get a LOT more help if you take the time to listen to what was said.
"<i><b>Area 2</b></i>" does not tell anyone where you are asking about. From your title I thought you might be asking about the 2nd arr in Paris, or zone 2 on the London Underground - or heck, almost anywhere else. And when I opened the thread there wasn't any more details to help me (except it was pretty clear you weren't talking about London)
As mentioned - all threads are lumped together under "Europe" so you can see why no one had any idea what you were asking . . . .
So 1) re-post with a better title -- including at least the country or better yet "Prague" and even the hotel names. And 2) chill out.
"<i><b>Area 2</b></i>" does not tell anyone where you are asking about. From your title I thought you might be asking about the 2nd arr in Paris, or zone 2 on the London Underground - or heck, almost anywhere else. And when I opened the thread there wasn't any more details to help me (except it was pretty clear you weren't talking about London)
As mentioned - all threads are lumped together under "Europe" so you can see why no one had any idea what you were asking . . . .
So 1) re-post with a better title -- including at least the country or better yet "Prague" and even the hotel names. And 2) chill out.
Jul 22nd, 2006, 11:20 PM
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auhntiei,
I was actually trying to help you by advising you to indicate the city you are referring to.
If my "what the hell" offended you, I do apologize, but even after contemplating for a while I could not think of any proper explanation, apart from ideas in line with massagediva's, although probably not as funny.
I am not sure whether Prague is divided into numbered areas - but I haven't come across such a system. It rather seemed that the city employed proper names for different city sections.
From a Google-search I learned that both hotels seem to be located a couple of blocks South of Wenceslav Square. I'd prefer to stay somewhere more towards the West of it, closer to the river, but there may be some posters here who are more familiar with the city. The area is called N. Mesto according to my knowledge.
I do hope to have met your linguistic standards this time and wish you a pleasant journey and loads of fun here on Fodor's.
I was actually trying to help you by advising you to indicate the city you are referring to.
If my "what the hell" offended you, I do apologize, but even after contemplating for a while I could not think of any proper explanation, apart from ideas in line with massagediva's, although probably not as funny.
I am not sure whether Prague is divided into numbered areas - but I haven't come across such a system. It rather seemed that the city employed proper names for different city sections.
From a Google-search I learned that both hotels seem to be located a couple of blocks South of Wenceslav Square. I'd prefer to stay somewhere more towards the West of it, closer to the river, but there may be some posters here who are more familiar with the city. The area is called N. Mesto according to my knowledge.
I do hope to have met your linguistic standards this time and wish you a pleasant journey and loads of fun here on Fodor's.
Jul 23rd, 2006, 04:39 AM
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I think it is reasonable for a new person to assume that if there are in a subcategory of the board, they would think they are posting only to the subcategory. This has been a consistent problem which I am unsure why Fodors has not addressed. Or have they? Auhntiei might have jumped fast but she was "jumped on" pretty quickly as well.
Jul 23rd, 2006, 05:29 AM
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Quite agree. It should be simple for Fodors to add to the title of each thread
the category the poster has assigned. It's not the poster's fault if they don't realise they're only assigning a search term: this isn't really explained very well.
the category the poster has assigned. It's not the poster's fault if they don't realise they're only assigning a search term: this isn't really explained very well.
Jul 23rd, 2006, 06:49 AM
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Prague is broken up into Area's and in a nutshell Area 1 called Praha 1 is right in the center of your tourist. roughly covering old tonw, The jewsih quater, Hradcanny (the castle area) Lesser town and a bit more and Praha 2 ara is next to 1 and cover new town and a bit further out. A bit like zip codes and post codes Area 2 is still vey close to every thing from a location point of view and accomadation maybe be slightly cheaper than Para 1.
My firend's daughter stayed in the
Da Vinci a few months back and she said it was really nice and clean, very trendy. She also sid location wise it was good. It almost on Wenceslas Square in New townand a metro is not far. Old town is a few miuntes walk.Pargue is not very large so you can walk to most of the historic sites, or jump on tams if the heat is getting you and you feel tired. She said she stay there again no problm. Do a serach on trip advisor oe expedia.
My firend's daughter stayed in the
Da Vinci a few months back and she said it was really nice and clean, very trendy. She also sid location wise it was good. It almost on Wenceslas Square in New townand a metro is not far. Old town is a few miuntes walk.Pargue is not very large so you can walk to most of the historic sites, or jump on tams if the heat is getting you and you feel tired. She said she stay there again no problm. Do a serach on trip advisor oe expedia.
Jul 23rd, 2006, 07:08 AM
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Auhntiei,
I really think you should cool down. My questions, at least, were very politely phrased and motivated by a wish to help you, if I could.
And even if your message had come up under Czech Republic, there is more than one town there.
There is no reason to take offense at the very reasonable suggestion that you put the name of the town you are asking about in your title.
I really think you should cool down. My questions, at least, were very politely phrased and motivated by a wish to help you, if I could.
And even if your message had come up under Czech Republic, there is more than one town there.
There is no reason to take offense at the very reasonable suggestion that you put the name of the town you are asking about in your title.
Jul 23rd, 2006, 08:02 AM
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The Raffaelo is right near Pavlova metro stop in Prague 2. I don't know about DaVinci, but that is an okay location, not very far from Wenceslas Square. It's farther than you'd probably want to walk for the bridge, Old Town square, etc. Prague has districts just like many cities do, and I think locally they are often just called Prague 2, Prague 8, etc., but a few of them have "nicknames", ones where tourists tend to stay, but usually those only refer to an area, not the entire district.
I do see some newcomers think there are separate boards for countries, but I've never seen someone think there are boards for cities. I don't think this is Fodors fault, you can't guard against everything people will assume incorrectly. There is nothing anywhere to suggest there are country forums, so I don't understand why people think that. If you click the button at the top of the left column for viewing forums, you don't see countries. On the front page, where I assume most newcomers start, you don't see country forums. If you spend even a few minutes on the website reading it before you post, you never see the name of a country forum at the top of the list of posts -- only Europe. So I don't think this is Fodors fault or there is anything they can do about it. I don't know why it would be reasonable to assum there are special forums only for Prague or anywhere. If you've spent time on any other online forum, just because you can search posts by some term, you would never assume you get your own personal forum just for some search term.
I do see some newcomers think there are separate boards for countries, but I've never seen someone think there are boards for cities. I don't think this is Fodors fault, you can't guard against everything people will assume incorrectly. There is nothing anywhere to suggest there are country forums, so I don't understand why people think that. If you click the button at the top of the left column for viewing forums, you don't see countries. On the front page, where I assume most newcomers start, you don't see country forums. If you spend even a few minutes on the website reading it before you post, you never see the name of a country forum at the top of the list of posts -- only Europe. So I don't think this is Fodors fault or there is anything they can do about it. I don't know why it would be reasonable to assum there are special forums only for Prague or anywhere. If you've spent time on any other online forum, just because you can search posts by some term, you would never assume you get your own personal forum just for some search term.
Jul 23rd, 2006, 09:40 AM
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When I see the threads to the left, I note that you can also search topics via more specific interests such as by countries (on top). I clicked on Czech Republic and this thread comes up first. Then I see, post new message so I click that.
This msg is available:
The topics you choose here are keywords that will be associated with this thread in the Fodor's Forums search engine. When Fodorites search for one of the topics you choose, this thread will appear in the search results.
My suggestion would only be to add "Please note that while you may search via a keyword such as a country, your post is actually in a general European board." Or something like that. Not everyone is very experienced with forums and even if you are, forums can be different from forum to forum.
This msg is available:
The topics you choose here are keywords that will be associated with this thread in the Fodor's Forums search engine. When Fodorites search for one of the topics you choose, this thread will appear in the search results.
My suggestion would only be to add "Please note that while you may search via a keyword such as a country, your post is actually in a general European board." Or something like that. Not everyone is very experienced with forums and even if you are, forums can be different from forum to forum.
Jul 23rd, 2006, 11:03 AM
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Wow! I want to apologize to those I offended and yet thank those that understood how easy it is to make a mistake and came to my defense. Believe it or not I was an original poster when Fodor's began this bulletin board, years and years ago - so even old timers can still err. Thank you all for your help and after lots of all night research have decided to stay in Mala Strana.
