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]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/33097 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32862 With the added advantage of picturesque outdoor street market, with quality leather in all shades of the rainbow and styles from briefcase to handbags.
Mercato nuovo smaller market next to statute of il porcellino - the saying goes if you touch it you will return again, which would be wonderful mixing sightseeing, great food and shopping.
Ponte Vecchio for the special present of jewellery and watches.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32862 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31203 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/31203 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30710 However if you go at 9pm on a Saturday evening in the summertime (when the gallery has late night opening), the windows are all open, the tourists have all gone, the cruise ships have set sail, you have the place to yourself.
The windows are all open to allow the summer breeze in and the live music being played by string quartets busking in the square below fills the rooms, making it one of the most amazing - unexpected - live music venues I have ever experienced.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30710 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28533 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/28533 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/27930 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/27930 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/27526 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/27526 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/26539 Hotel Il Perseo

I have been staying at this hotel since early 1998 and have returned in every year except one, since. The building has changed a great deal since those early days and is now modern and has every facility.

I am now 69 and would be perfectly happy to stay here alone. The staff are fantastically helpful and have a vast knowledge of their city. Louise (New zealander/Italian), and Laura (Italian) are exceptionally helpful and will book museums, restaurants etc willingly. They will tell you the italian for something you might want to buy in case the shop does not speak other languages. Wonderful!!

The rooms are comfortable, very clean and bright, with ensuites and TV. Some have outstanding views over the city. Breakfast is a good, varied buffet with loads of tea, coffee, juice etc.

It takes less than two minutes to walk to the duomo and five to Mercato Centrale (a must for food lovers). All major places of interest are within easy walking distance.

I have stayed in hotels of all star ratings from no star to five-star, huts in the african bush, YHA's etc but this is one place I return to again and again where the staff feel like old friends and the welcome is superb. GO THERE!!
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The people who run it (I think they're a family) are incredibly warm and helpful, and much better with customer service than at many places I've seen. They honestly did everything they could to make me feel like a member of the family, and it worked!

An added plus was the spectacular view from my room, so inspiring! As if Firenze isn't always enough of a draw in and of itself, this little place was a real gem and I think others will find it that way too.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/24300 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/24046 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/24046 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/23768 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/23768 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/23665 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/23665