Hotel Firenze Florence

This weekend was our trip to Firenze (Florence) and it was so amazing.  |n Rome its chaotic and there are ruins everywhere, but Firenze is much more laid back.  We had quite an adventure taking the train to and from Firenze.  First we went ...

... see the David, which was amazing. You never imagine it would be that large. For the rest of the day we just walked around Florence and did some shopping. The city is known for its leather, so there are so many leather stores. That night we went back ...

... (who is friends with Jen's family) went on this trip to meet up with her in Italy and bring her back home. Upon arriving in Florence, we walked right to the Duomo. I had read that if you walked to the top, there are amazing views of the city, so that's ...

... by him.  iii) The Medici Chapel is an opulent chapel built as a tomb for the wealthy banking patriarchs of Florence, the aforementioned Medici family.  It sits immediately behind the Basilica of San Lorenzo and has a ...

... restaurant that has a sister in San Diego (which we have never been to! J ) The food was delicious and a perfect cap to an amazing day!  Florence and Tuscany exceeded expectations, so far we love Italy and can't wait for Rome! ...

12.10.08 HOTEL ABACO 5 min from train station, nice and easy. Florence looks like a mini rome but thank god its cleaner and less busy. Takes a day or so but i  warm to Florence. I think Rome ruined us for Italy but Florence is on its way to ...

... ; http://www.uffizi.com/painting-collection-rooms-uffizi-gallery.asp Like most of the tour, our time there gave us only a sampling of what the city had to offer but it was a very satisfactory sampling - Florence was definitely all I thought it would be!! ...

... not quite ready yet, we go to Piazzale Michelangelo. There is a replica of the "David" statue and we got a lovely view of Florence for picture-taking. We could see Ponte Vecchio in the distance.   We arrive at Hotel Roma. Patrick and I are in ...

... Michelangelo. We see a replica of Micelangelo's "David" scupture. There is a lovely view of the city of Florence. You can see the Ponte Vecchio. We arrive at Hotel Roma. Patrick and I are in room 420.   We celebrate Mass with our host, Fr. Jim ...

... "Piazzale Michelangelo"  It gives a wonderful view on the city and it's a free park !!!    The only problem of Florence it's that it's a VERY expensive place. So it's better to find an hotel outside of the city, in a small place close to ...

  Since I have a few minutes while Al is getting dressed, I'll tell you a little about this lovely hotel we're staying at in Firenze.  The location is sort of near the center of town - close enough to walk when we're not tired, but near a bus ...

... johnnies and would start yelling johnny if one came near us. We came off scott free this time. Our 1st impression of Florence absolutely sucked. We had an absolutely disgusting dinner with mouldy fruit that we had to cut up ourselves for dessert. We ...

... penalty if we don't buy the tickets.  Thankfully we got off with no trouble. Got on the train, rode the hour or so to Florence.  We found the place where we could check our bags, went down to the tunnel, and I remember where we are.  We ...

... few days. Our drive into the city of Florence was rather uneventful. We dropped off the rental car at Maggiore/Alamo and walked to Hotel Firenze, only 15 minutes away. Our hotel is located on Via del Corso, just a stone's throw away from Piazza della ...

Firenze (Florence): I've been to Florence 5 times and it's a beautiful city.  Small alleys leading to big piazzas and high buildings.  The high buildings cause me personally a bit of distress due to my complete lack of any sense of orientation. ...

... tank of gas.  Chris had lots of fun driving in Italy, but Florence was a nightmare. We loved our hotel in Florence.  Hotel Albergo Firenze was two blocks from the Duomo.  It was nothing fancy, but it was simple, clean, convenient and ...

Wow there is so much to write about but unfortunately not much time to write it.  I am currently in Firenze (Florence) at a little internet cafe on a lunchbreak.  Yesterday morning we left Pienza, drove 2 hours, got to Albergo Firenze (albergo ...

... and the detail was fascinating. (can you tell we may have a new interest in art) So we must mention our hotel in Florence - Albergo Firenze, much thanks to Rick Steves for this suggestion, but we had a room facing the Dummo and it was just ...