Hotels in Florence - Prices and Reviews

Just the beginning of visiting Florence...actually I am writing this on the 27th, but will update it later tomorrow, I do believe. Just loved the afternoon thunderstorms that sweep through here. Was climbing the Duomo yesterday when one came in...interesting feeling being a zillion feet in the air with a strong wind blowing and having the feelin...

Hi Everyone: We are here in our favorite place on earth !!! We are in Lidia's atore, Gioia Chiara, on via della Scala. It took us about 16 hrs to get here, and we are very tired,however, we shall not go to sleep until later, because if you don't, you give in to jet lag and everything gets crazy. Lidia took us to a great place for lunch and we ha...

With the arrival of spring break came the arrival of my Aunt Khristina and her sister-in-law Laurie. I couldn´t wait for them to get here because I was very excited to share everything I have learned about the city with them. A A little punchy from the long flight I left them at their hotel for some much needed rest and went to my last class of ...

9-9 I'm still in Florence and still walking my legs off. Yesterday morning was a walking tour for 2 hours. Then I climbed the Bobili Gardens and in the afternoon I had a tour of the Uffizzi Gallery. Another climb. The Gallery is amazing but the guide was borning. I met a couple in their mid 30's from Virginia at the hotel. They were on their hon...

So the day started off, badly. We awoke late in Montpellier and missed the train we wanted. Arriving an hour late to Arles, France, we were abruptly aware of the town's small size and the train station's lack of luggage lockers. Packs in tow, we trekked into town from the train station in the midday sun, uphill, towards the Roman ruins. Did I me...

Day two in Florence didn't start out so great. We missed our bus to Siena because our hotel in Venice told us the wrong meeting point. It was hectic, but we decided to get over it and get on with the day. The best part of the day had to be climbing the Duomo (463 steps) to the top. The view from the top was amazing...it has a dome tower so you c...