B Vaughan wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:23:24 GMT, "a.spencer3"
> wrote:
>
> >During 2006 I had no problem locating hotels that allowed smoking within our
> >own room (non-smoking rooms were available for those who wished this).
> >
> >This year, my travel agent informs me that this is virtually impossible to
> >locate (in Italy, specifically).
> >
> >Has something happened in the meantime?
>
> It's certainly becoming rarer. What happened was that Italy outlawed
> smoking in bars and restaurants, except under certain very restrictive
> conditions.
The law doesn't seem to have the same strict definition of an enclosed
place though, as exists in the UK and, I think, Ireland. One
particularly nice restaurant in Alghero had tables outside under an
archway on a quaint narrow street. This would have met the enclosed
space definition here. I wasn't bothered too much by it, but someone
working at the restaurant spent his time chain smoking and we were
unfortunately upwind of him! :)
Same thing for the cloister where we had breakfast in our hotel, now
that I think about it- it would be 'substantially enclosed' here. Not a
problem though, as there was tons of space there. Great coffee too! :)
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