My daughter and I are visiting Florence in June. Need reccomendation for place to stay. We both love art. She is 18, I am 50. Want a clean safe area near sites.-not too expensive. What do you reccomend? Linda

See this month's Conde Bast Traveler for a description of the Hotel Brunelleschi. It is centrally located off of the Piazza della Republicca... <BR>

Linda <BR>I have a file on Florence;if you'd like to see it email me <BR>Or do a search on this forum for <BR>Florence hotel and you will find many suggestions

- <BR>From a plethora of recent threads, there appears to be one frequently recommended hotel in Florence -- the Hotel Pendini. <BR>

Hello, Linda! <BR>You are going to one of my favorite cities in the world. Florence has that specialness, that indescribable quality that sets it apart from anywhere else. <BR>There is a grat website on Firenze at <BR>http://english.firenze.net/turismo/ricerca_hotel.wbs <BR>This site offers help with lodging, sightseeing, and the advance purchase of tickets to many of the museums (which I would certainly do for the Academie, to see The David, and The Uffizi, always long lines). It also have a virtual tour of the Ponte de Vecchio bridge, Uffizi courtyard, and Santa Croce. While limited, the "tours" are still enjoyable. <BR>Give my regards to the Uffizi, IMHO one of the best art museums in the world. <BR>Have a wonderful trip! <BR>Gloria <BR>

Linda, <BR>We have stayed at the Hotel Casci and have just made reservations to stay there again this fall. It is in a great spot, about 2 short blocks from the Duomo. The owners speak English and are beyond helpful. The son Paolo is wonderful. The rooms are clean and large with bath or shower, air condtioning and TV. There is no outside noise as they are located inside another building- hard to explain. The breakfast is very filling and included. It is Lit240000 per night or about $116 at today's exchange. There website is htpp:/www.hotelcasci.com. Check them out. Pam

Linda, we are staying at the Casci as well this June. Lots of good comments about this place. I booked over the net.

We also wanted a clean convenient place and we ended up at the Prima Vera. We could walk to everything. It was very reasonable and served a nice breakfast, included in the price. The train staions always have a booth that will help you with your needs.

Hotel ALdini <BR>Clean 2 star hotel. Nicest hotel I have stayed in Europe. ( I usually stay in inexpensive 2 star-hotels) The location is GREAT. It was around $60. Right next to Duomo.

Your info was great. Thanks for all the help. I will look into the suggestions..

Sorry for the spelling error with Conde Nast. Try www.hotelbrunelleschi.it

whenever i'm in florence i stay at the porta rossa. it dates from the 1300s and the rooms are huge and not terribly overpriced. it's near the piazza signoria.

Hotel Gallery Art is supposed to have exhibits that change regularly. Also, centrally located near Ponte Vecchio. We were considering there, but opted for Lungarno with it's balconies overlooking the Arno (both can be viewed at www.lungarnohotels.com)

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I could not get reservations at the Lungarno which was my first choice and considered the Gallery Art. I am booked at the Savoy, the location seems good. I haven't seen any comments on this site, but it is very centrally located and newly renovated at the Piazza della Republica. Have you heard of it?

Where ever you stay, dont stay at "The Porta Rosa", we stayed there in November and it was so dirty and unsanitrary. What a nightmare, the staff, was rather rude as well.

I just back from Italy. I want to warn any felow tourists do not stay at the Porta Rosa in Florence. The room was filthy dirty and the staff was rude and unhelpful. Be Ware!!!

We just returned from staying at Maisone de Charme - found it in "great sleeps in Italy". It is an "apartment" meaning it is privatly run, 5 rooms with private bath, sat tv, a/c, king bed and our room had a balcony. It is 1/2 block from the train station - which is ideal when arriving and is a great launching pad to sites - about 10-15 minute walk to everything.<BR>We paid 88 euro per night - (no breakie, but a fridge in the room and kettle with tea bags and instant coffee). Would highly recommend it - she was booked up every night we were there.

We just returned from Italy and staying at Hotel Belletini in Florence. I highly recommend it. Large clean and quiet rooms, helpful staff (they made our dinner reservations for us and gave my husband local connection numbers to use his laptop), small TV's in the room to catch up on the news on CNN, great breakfast buffet, and a convenient location between the train station and the Duomo. Cost 124E per night.