Sophie

Any reports on the above hotels ? Quad room at the Pendini and the penthouse at the Continental.(Continental is the sister hotel to the Lungarno and is twice the price of the Pendini at 300,000 lira) There are two adults and 2 teenagers.Any other suggestions for January?

Paulo

If your stay in January doesn't include days 12 through 15, one of the best buys should be the 4-star hotel Ritz, run by the same people of the Pendini. A family suite for 4 is rated at Lit 350,000. We stayed at both, the Ritz and the Pendini. Though the location of the Ritz is not as central as the Pendini (the Ritz lays along the Arno, very near Santa Croce church, a 10-min stroll to Piazza della Signoria) at this price difference we would stay with it without a 2nd thought. <BR>Paulo <BR>

Paulo

OOps... the site of the Ritz is at <BR>http://www.venere.it/firenze/ritz/index.html <BR> <BR>Paulo

Mary

We spent two horrible nights, a week ago, at the Hotel Pendini. It was the noisiest hotel I have ever stayed in & really didn't offer much except it was a convenient location. I think you can do a lot better! <BR> <BR>Mary

liz

Try hotel le vigne

richard j vicek

Good evening, Sophie <BR>Have used the HOTEL CONTINENTAL, about <BR>8 times since 1978, when the rate was <BR>$43.03 per nite for a double. Street <BR>side rooms on the Lungarno are noisy <BR>at night. The Continental is part <BR>of a three chain hotels, (www.lungarnohotels.it/) The LUNGARNO <BR>Hotel is just across the river and has <BR>rooms on the Arno. A good data base <BR>is www.enit.it/eng/ search in dbase2.ipzs.it/ Good surfing <BR>Richard of Hickory Hills. <BR>Firenze hotels (www.florence.ala.it/) <BR>rjv <BR>