HOTEL TERMINUS & PLAZA
Name Hotel: HOTEL TERMINUS & PLAZA
Country: Italy
Location: IT/
City: Pisa
Stars: 3.5
Description:
The hotel Terminus and Plaza is located in the real heart of Pisa, just a short distance from the rail station and within easy reach of the main tourist attractions. It has recently been completely renovated, and has been updated with the most modern features for guest comfort. The lobby is bright and elegant, with marble floors, wood paneled walls, and plants everywhere. Guest rooms are spacious and elegant, decorated in warm pastels, and equipped with satellite color TV, direct dial phone, air conditioning, minibar, and bathroom with shower, tub and hair dryer.
Enjoy your stay in Pisa, the city began as a seaside settlement around 1000 B.C. and was expanded into a naval trading port by the Romans in the 2nd century B.C. By the 11th century, Pisa had grown into one of the peninsula’s most powerful maritime republics, along with Venice, Amalfi, and Genoa. Its extensive trading in the Middle East helped import advanced Arabic ideas (decorative and scientific), and its wars with the Saracens led it to create an offshore empire of Corsica, Sardegna, and the Balearics. It lay waste to rival Amalfi in 1135 and, riding a high tide of wealth in the late Middle Ages, created its monumental buildings. In 1284, Pisa’s battle fleet was destroyed by Genoa at Meloria (off the Livorno coast), a staggering defeat allowing the Genoese to take control of the Tyrrhenian Sea and forcing Pisa’s long slide into twilight. Its Ghibelline nature gave Florence the excuse it needed to take control in 1406. Despite a few small rebellions, Florence stayed in charge until Italian unification in the 1860s.