Florence Travel Forum

Hello to everyone in the Florence forum

Please could anyone recommend a decent hotel in Florence (that is fairly close to the train station), as there are just so many to choose from.

I am looking to spend around E90 per night which will hopefully include a large breakfast (ie, some hot food - eggs, bacon, sausages etc as well as the usual croissants, pastries, cereals etc, as we tend to fill up at breakfast and skip lunch so it is quite an important criteria).

Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

Sarah

The type of hot breakfast you describe is unusual in Italian (and European) hotels, and especially so in hotels at the budget end of the market (for obvious reasons). You are most likely to find such breakfasts in large chain-type hotels.

www.venere.com is the best site, imo, for finding Italian hotels. It is reliable, has good mapping and honest guest reviews.

I have enjoyed my stays at the Hotel Delle Camellie (booked through venere,in a quiet position about 5 minutes walk from the station)... but they don't provide the type of breakfast you want. http://www.hoteldellecamelie.it/

I can't think of any hotel I've ever stayed in in Italy that has provided the sort of breakfast you're looking for - it's just not the Italian way - and the best you can expect on the sort of budget you're working on is the norm of breads, spreads, yoghurt, fruit, ham, cheese and salami.

In my experience, one Can get such a breakfast in Some European hotels, but it is Always a la carte. For example, I was in Paris in February this year, and they did offer an excellent hot breakfast -- for 15 Euro.

Hi Sarah,

Sorry for asking but are you going allone? I will be in Florence in the period 28th June - 02ndJuly, so if you dont mind sharing, we could find a good hotel.

Regards from Fhe Netherlands,
Anna

I stayed some days at hotel Collodi in San Lorenzo area. Breakfast wans' bad and the room very nice. I paid 74 euros for a double room.