I have now stayed in two hotels in Assisi - - Umbra and Fontebella. Umbra is superior for location, but has no elevator, in case that is important (for older travelers, for example). I also recall a very nice dinner there (this was two years ago). <BR> <BR>Fontebella is very nice, has parking right in front of it, and has a great restaurant. The hotel is on a steep slope so that you actually enter on the third floor (where my inlaws stayed); we stayed "down" on one, which was as far down as the elevator went - - the elevator does not go all the way down to the restaurant (and breakfast room) - - not really a major problem. All in all, its location is not as quite as convenient as the more "central" choices. <BR> <BR>I also stepped into the Dei Priori, hoping that we might eat dinner there one night, and they only were serving for their "full pension" guests that night (Sunday) - - so I cannot report on anything but its location (essentially the same excellent location as the Umbra). <BR> <BR>One last choice we also considered was the San Francesco - - 100 yards from the Basilica; no restaurant, and the location is not that great for anything else. They do have an elevator. <BR> <BR>Best wishes, <BR> <BR>Rex <BR>

has anyone heard of or stayed at the Grand Hotel Guinigi in Lucca? jwg