a really good tip if you're going to be taking cabs is to grab a business card from your hotel front desk when you leave in the morning, that way when you're ready to return all you need do is show the cab driver the card (saves trying to explain/language barriers/misunderstangings), worked very well for us all over Italy, never once had any trouble returning to "base" at the end of a long day. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Groovin.gif" alt="" />