[Idyllchat] Hotels in Florence

[Shelby Ruch]

Hi, Janet,

My husband and I just returned from a great Tuscany North Untour (our fifth 
Untour trip) and spent two nights in Florence where I revisited the great 
city where I lived for a while years ago. We stayed at The Ritz Hotel, one 
of those recommended by Untours, Frommer's and Rick Steves. I booked through 
Travel Hero but could have booked directly with the hotel online. I got a 
promotional rate of 130 Euro a night which was a bargain. The rate included 
breakfast which was quite a spread: rolls, ham, cheese, sweet rolls, yogurt, 
three kinds of cereal, fresh fruit, juice, etc. The hotel is lovely, the 
location is perfect (we had a view of the Arno), the staff is very friendly 
and helpful. Before we left home, I emailed the hotel with a request for 
reservations to the Uffizi and they scheduled a time for us to go there. 
Staffers recommended restaurants and provided a city map for us. The Ritz 
also has Internet access.

The only downside was that the main street between the hotel and the Arno 
has heavy traffic that made our room noisy. The hotel is equipped with 
noise-reducing window covers that we pulled down at night. If you have a 
river-facing room, I recommend using earplugs as well for a good night's 
sleep.

Other Untourists told us that the Pendini, owned by the same family that 
owns The Ritz, is very nice and is in a good location.

Have a great vacation!

Shelby Ruch


>From: Janet Backus <mzjanb at sbcglobal.net>
>To: idyllchat at lists.untours.com
>Subject: [Idyllchat] Hotels in Florence
>Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 07:29:29 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Hello to all you "been there-done that" Untourists,
>Thanks for so much information on South Tuscany Untour and here's another 
>question.
>Our tour 9/26 - 10/10, we decided to spend our last two nights in Florence.
>Looking for recommendations on a hotel - Untours offers to make 
>reservations for us at 3
>(hotels Pendini/Basilea/Ritz) or several we can make on our own.  Some 
>include breakfast but since scheduled departure time is 7:40 a.m., not sure 
>that matters.
>Transportation to the airport in Florence - are the taxis reliable to get 
>us there that early
>Museums in Florence - did anyone make reservations online before leaving 
>US? How did it work for you?
>Thanks again,
>Janet


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