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My Eighth Trip to Italy - Dec/Jan 2002
A Travel Blog by alanjgreenhalgh
... . At the end of the blog for the 7th trip the previous July, I indicated that I was presented with a dilemma, whether to stay in Florence at my favorite hotel Croce di Malta or a new one which my friend Cristina had set up for me, at the Westin Excelsior, ...
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New Year's Eve in Florence
A Travel Blog entry by alanjgreenhalgh from Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Seven days were planned for Florence at the Westin Excelsior once again, but this time not the Executive Suite, but another suite, but "smaller". In fact the room was magnificent with large bedroom, marble bathroom, sitting room with two balconies one ...
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Firenze (Florence) - Renaissance art galore!
A Travel Blog entry by pmf1153 from Florence, Tuscany, Italy
... ; 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!! ...
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My Last Day in Florence; a tour of the Westin
A Travel Blog entry by alanjgreenhalgh from Florence, Tuscany, Italy
... time to think it over, and the decision was, of course, reached just before my Christmas, 2002 trip back to Italy, this time with Laura. Lidia and I had one final dinner together, before I was to leave Florence for my train to Venice in the early morning. ...
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Return to Florence, Hotel Part 1
A Travel Blog entry by alanjgreenhalgh from Florence, Tuscany, Italy
... see her again later in the week. She also told us that the previous reception manager, Salvatore, was now reception manager for another Westin hotel, in Venice at the Danieli, would welcome us personally when we got to Venice. She then asked where we were ...
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Florence
A Travel Blog entry by sidandemily from Florence, Italy
... was an adventure all in itself. July 21 - The next morning we took a taxi to a new super swank, downtown Florence hotel (the Westin Excelsior Firenze) (taxis here are WAY over priced by the way) and headed off to a walking tour of Florence ...
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Back Home to Florence, but First Lunch in Anghiari
A Travel Blog entry by alanjgreenhalgh from Florence, Tuscany, Italy
... the bill which I absolutely declined; it was my turn after all these years. We bid them adieu and drove into Florence. Cristina had left the Westin Hotel Chain, and now worked for the Helvetia and Bristol, another 5 star place, but with an even better ...
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My Last Full Day in Florence
A Travel Blog entry by alanjgreenhalgh from Florence, Tuscany, Italy
... at my hotel that she had to cancel. It would have cost 50 Euros. From there I made my way to Ognissanti, glancing at the Westin Excelsior, and it would be a reach to say here and now that I had a premonition that I would be back there someday in the ...
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Exploring the City and its Cuisine
A Travel Blog entry by rrensman from Florence, Italy
Oh beautiful Florence - the last of our Meridien/Starwood installments and where to better stay than a Grand Hotel on the Arno embankment. The welcome picture is taken from the side of our hotel and will inspire me to do some serious painting - not ...
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Firenze 2008
A Travel Blog entry by keagirl from Florence, Tuscany, Italy
... and the food spoke for itself. We then continued with the rest of our walking tour courtesy of the lonely planet Florence guide. Dinner was at our very first Michelin 3 star restaurant: Enoteca Pinchiorri. For those of you who have been ...
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Hotel # 2 and Extreme Shock !!!!!!!!!!!!
A Travel Blog entry by alanjgreenhalgh from Florence, Tuscany, Italy
... Sabrina, Laura and I got into Lidia's car and off we went first to Monteriggioni, that wonderful, tiny town about a hour south of Florence, where we stayed for about an hour, and then off to nearby San Gimignano, where we had a lovely lunch and toured ...
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Two Days in the Lap of Luxury
A Travel Blog entry by alanjgreenhalgh from Florence, Tuscany, Italy
... amazing balcony. The room was smaller than ours, but elegant, a different shape and equally amazing. Those 3 days in Florence at the Westin were a fantasy of one extraordinary moment after another. The only thing that made leaving tolerable was that we ...
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A Day of Doing Almost Nothing, Then Cascina
A Travel Blog entry by alanjgreenhalgh from Florence, Tuscany, Italy
We agreed to sleep in on this Sunday in Florence, even missing breakfast, which at the Westin is a big thing. We also agreed to spend the day in the room seeing videos, and staring at our incredible view of the Arno from our room. I even set up a chair ...
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Lidia, Brancaci Chapel, and Lidia Again
A Travel Blog entry by alanjgreenhalgh from Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Every visit to Florence since 1996 starts with the same thing, a visit to my very dear friend, Lidia, who owns a leather store, Gioia Chiara on via della Scala, a bit down the street away from Piazza Santa Maria Novella and towards the train station. No ...
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Quite a Day Out in Umbria and Tuscany
A Travel Blog entry by alanjgreenhalgh from Florence, Tuscany, Italy
... of a fresco that would have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the Sala dei Cinquecento in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. The rulering Signoria at the time, early 16th century decided to have Leonardo adorn one wall and Michelangelo another in ...
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We buy paintings; the Medici bought painters.
A Travel Blog entry by spoonball from Florence, Tuscany, Italy
... . Even the Tiramisu was made with zabaglione, which made it lighter and tastier than all others. Note about the Westin Excelsior Florence: http://www.westinflorence.com - 170+ rooms, many of which overlook ...
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Hotel The Westin Excelsior Florence
Piazza Ognissanti 3, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
... from the main attractions. These are extremely small quibbles and would recommend this hotel to everyone. We adored the westin excelsior in florence from seflech we were guests of this marvelous hotel late october, 2003. from the moment we ...
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