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Travel Blogs from Florence
Day 10: Florence
We started the day with a major bummer: Bradley left for home bright and early, which makes me really sad. I miss him already and I'm jealous that he gets to see our pooch and smoosh his little Louie face. There are a ton of dogs in Europe, by the way, and people bring them everywhere with them. We have FaceTimed with Lou a couple times to make us (me) feel better... but I digress. Anyway, I miss my husband a lot. Today's drizzly, cold weather matched the gloominess of Bradley's ...
Day 9: Florence
... out... but they were being sold illegally on the street, so he didn't get one. Pretty funny! We walked around the city a bit more, had a couple bottles of wine and a light lunch on our piazza by our apartment, and Brad and I went over and went inside the Duomo cathedral, which was absolutely beautiful. The dome itself was painted amazingly at dizzying heights, and the cathedral was as gorgeous as any we'd seen. We met back up ...
Pisa and Florence
We started the day in Portovenere with a trip up and up throughthe narrow alley to the fort at the end. This fort guarded the entrance between the island and the mainland. It was fascinating! We climbed to the top of the castle/fort. Then we had lunch, beer and the best pizza I have ever tasted. We watched tour bus after tour bus come in and dump people onto the piazza where they poured onto the tour boats for a trip OUT into ...
The City of Severed Heads
... the crack in his leg that someone had probably noted this morning and fixed it quickly with lots of masking tape.
Then we went back to the hotel for a little ciesta before we climbed to the highest point of the city. We timed our ascent with the sunset so when we reached the top we would have an excellent view of the sunset over the city. It was quite beautiful and the mood was increased by an Italian lady singing and playing the guitar. ...
Day 8 Rain in Florence
... demo we had free time to go and get lunch so myself, Julia and two others from our tour, Lauren and Fraser, all went to get some lunch. We found a little pizzeria near the duomo with yummy pizzas and a nice warm basement area to sit in. After lunch we headed back to the hostel via a gelataria for Lauren and then all hopped on the bus for the 4 hour drive to Rome. ...
Location
Other places to stay in Florence
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Grand Hotel Mediterraneo
Santa Croce, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $101- Great view and location
- Loud and hot
- Good location, not so good property
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Nilhotel
Airport/Calenzano, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $128 -
Sheraton Firenze Hotel
South Florence, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $88 -
Grand Hotel Baglioni Firenze
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $174- Hit or Miss
- Dark, noisy and depressing
- Very nice!
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Hilton Florence Metropole
Isolotto/Legnaia, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $96- 4 star quality for about 100 Euro
- Inconvienent location
- Here is the low down-
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Hotel Londra
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $140- Very Nice Stay At The Londra
- Never s!!
- Not a bad location, lavish appearance, service can be better
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The Westin Excelsior Florence
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 5 star hotelfrom $285- Rossinis' restaurant
- Excellent!
- We adored the westin excelsior in florence
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Novotel Firenze Nord Aeroporto
Airport/Calenzano, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $90 -
Relais Uffizi
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 2 star hotelfrom $128- Charming little place, great location
- Perfect in every way
- Wonderful Hotel, Relais Uffizi is a 'sure bet'
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NH Firenze
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $109 -
Hotel Raffaello Florence
Viale Morgagni, 19, Florence | 3 star hotelfrom $130 -
Grand Hotel Minerva
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $231- Awesome hotel!
- Excellent Hotel
- Beautiful hotel centrally located
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Four Seasons Hotel Firenze
Santa Croce, Florence | 5 star hotel -
Hilton Garden Inn Florence Novoli
Airport/Calenzano, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $90 -
BEST WESTERN Grand Hotel Adriatico
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $117- A satisfactory (but not a great) experience.
- Ho hum...
- Average
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Starhotels Michelangelo
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $116- Good Hotel but racist staff :(
- A little far from everything... But otherwise a very comfortable hotel
- Best hospitality
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Vivahotel Fleming
Viale Guidoni 87, Florence | Hotelfrom $98 -
AC Hotel Firenze by Marriott
Santa Maria Novella, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $128 -
Bernini Palace Hotel
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $178- Beautiful, Elegant Hotel
- The Bernini was a terrific find
- Luxurious and Classy
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Starhotels Tuscany
Airport/Calenzano, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $108 -
Grand Hotel Villa Medici
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 5 star hotelfrom $298- Pure luxury
- Great Family Retreat
- Expensive but a real treat
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Golden Tulip Mirage Hotel Florence
Airport/Calenzano, Florence | 3 star hotelfrom $84 -
Auto Park Hotel
Airport/Calenzano, Florence | 3 star hotelfrom $74 -
The St. Regis Florence
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 5 star hotelfrom $442- Real personal touch
- Wonderful hotel
- Wonderful experience
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Boscolo Hotel Astoria
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 3 star hotelfrom $142- Excellent in every respect
- Overall, very nice
- Spectacular but expensive
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Gallery Hotel Art
Historic District/City Center, Florence | 4 star hotelfrom $222- One of our favorites!
- The best staff!!
- Great Location with poor service
