346155 4 Location 542071 <p>We arrived to Florence by train and walked to the hotel. It was really easy to find and took about 10 minutes to walk. Once you get to the square where the Baptistery and Duomo are located, to the direct south of the Duomo is a door with a plaque and the hotel's name. Go up to the 3rd floor (no lift) and ring the bell if the door is closed. Once we arrived, Kelly greeted us, showed us the room and gave us the keys. She said breakfast was served between 830am and 10am and that we could decide the day before.</p><p>The room (Rm #2) had a nice, comfy bed, which was a welcome from our previous 2 rooms in Italy. There was a small armour and desk in the room as well. No TV. The bathroom was small, but not as small as our room in Rome. The sink was rather large and in an awkward place for getting out of the shower and drying off. The shower had great pressure and hot water. No hair dryer. The towels are the thin non-terry kind (popular in Italy). The walls are fairly thin, we heard the people in Rm #1come in one night and could here them talking, but they weren't especially loud or anything.</p><p>The view from the room was of the Baptistery and Duomo. It was a great view, but could get noisy. Kelly apologized in advance for noise that would be caused by American students celebrating Halloween at the bar below. We closed the double-paned window and had no problem. Since it was fall, our room stayed very cool and we had plenty of covers.</p><p>Breakfast was served to our room on a tray in the morning. Compared to our last 2 hotels in Italy, we thought the breakfast was great. We had coffee (hot and enough for at least 2 cups each!), juice, spice muffins, croissants, boiled eggs and packaged toast. Breakfast was usually pretty skimpy in Italy, but we made up for it with lunch and dinner and plenty of gelato!</p><p>There is a small common room area with lots of books, guides, and brochures. No internet available, although, according to Rick Steves, there is Wi-Fi. We didn't bring a laptop with us.</p><p>When I researched rooms in Florence, I thought they were all pretty pricey. So, I would recommend this B&amp;B to anyone looking for a nice, clean, simple room, close to the city center and train station for a decent price and for anyone that doesn't require a lot of amenities.</p> 2008-11-29T02:40:33-08:00 589299718 2008-10-31T17:00:00-07:00 0 18 232704 7960094 346155 0 245930 0.0852871585813691 2008-10-29T17:00:00-07:00 Published 10.0 2009-01-13T11:07:45-08:00 99549 0