The official HI hostel in Florence is waaaay out on the edge of town. That's why I prefer the Archi Rossi.
It's right on Florence's main drag of cheap hotels near the train station, making it for a far more central and fantastic value.
Bunks in shared dorms sleeping 4–6 (some mixed, some female only) cost €18–€23 per person.
Private rooms (sleeping 3–5) start at €55.
Plus, the walls of the public areas are slathered with shockingly bad murals. Plus there's a garden.
The Archi Rossi is not quite as nice as the staid Istituto Gould across the Arno (another good hostel choice)—but it's a lot more fun, is closer to the major sights, and comes loaded with freebies.
The Archi Rossi hotel offers free Internet (with public computers not only in the lobby but in the rooms) and free WiFi 24/7.
Want more? How about FREE FOOD! Yes, there is a free breakfast, including omlettes and scrambled eggs. In the off season (Dec. 29–Mar 31) they sometimes even lay out free pasta, pizza, and salad from 6pm to 8:30pm on every day but Saturday.
They even run free walking tours of Florence from 10am to noon—the tour covers the historic center one day, the Oltrarno the next.
They've even eliminated the old curfew (which once nearly caught me out late and caused me to cut short a dinner with a bona fide princess, but that's another story...). There is, however, still a cleaning lock-out period of the rooms daily from 10am to 2:30pm.
Via Faenza 94r
(San Lorenzo / Train station)
tel. +39-055-290-804
www.hostelarchirossi.com
€
Bus: 81; 50/G
Hop-on/hop-off: Indipendenza (B); Stazione FS SMN (A,B), Piazza Stazione (C)
| English (Inglese) | Italian (Italiano) | Pro-nun-cee-YAY-shun |
| Good day | Buon giorno | bwohn JOUR-noh |
| Good evening | Buona sera | BWOH-nah SAIR-rah |
| Good night | Buona notte | BWOH-nah NOTE-tay |
| Goodbye | Arrivederci | ah-ree-vah-DAIR-chee |
| Excuse me (to get attention) | Scusi | SKOO-zee |
| thank you | grazie | GRAT-tzee-yay |
| please | per favore | pair fa-VOHR-ray |
| yes | si | see |
| no | no | no |
| Do you speak English? | Parla Inglese? | PAR-la een-GLAY-zay |
| I don't understand | Non capisco | non ka-PEESK-koh |
| I'm sorry | Mi dispiace | mee dees-pee-YAT-chay |
| Where is? | Dov'é | doh-VAY |
| ...a hotel | un albergo | oon al-BEAR-go |
| ...a B&B | un bed-and-breakfast | oon bet hand BREK-fust |
| ...a rental room | un'affittacamera | oon ah-feet-ah-CAH-mair-ra |
| ...an apartment for rent | un appartamento | oon ah-part-tah-MENT-toh |
| ...a farm stay | un agriturismo | oon ah-gree-tour-EES-moh |
| ...a hostel | un ostello | oon oh-STEHL-loh |
| How much is...? | Quanto costa? | KWAN-toh COST-ah |
| a single room | una singola | OO-nah SEEN-go-la |
| double room for single use [will often be offered if singles are unavailable] | doppia uso singola | DOPE-pee-ya OO-so SEEN-go-la |
| a double room with two beds | una doppia con due letti | OO-nah DOPE-pee-ya cone DOO-way LET-tee |
| a double room with one big bed | una matrimoniale | OO-nah mat-tree-moan-nee-YAAL-lay |
| triple room | una tripla | OO-nah TREE-plah |
| with private bathroom | con bagno | cone BAHN-yoh |
| without private bathroom | senza bagno [they might say con bagno in comune—"with a communal bath"] | SEN-zah BAHN-yoh |
| for one night | per una notte | pair OO-nah NOH-tay |
| for two nights | per due notti | pair DOO-way NOH-tee |
| for three nights | per tre notti | pair tray NOH-tee |
| Is breakfast included? | É incluso la prima colazione? | ay in-CLOO-soh lah PREE-mah coal-laht-zee-YOAN-nay |
| Is there WiFi? | C'é WiFi? | chay WHY-fy? |
| May I see the room? | Posso vedere la camera? | POH-soh veh-DAIR-eh lah CAH-mair-rah |
| That's too much | É troppo | ay TROH-po |
| Is there a cheaper one? | C'é una più economica? | chay OO-nah pew eh-ko-NO-mee-kah |
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Via Faenza 94r
(San Lorenzo / Train station)
tel. +39-055-290-804
www.hostelarchirossi.com
€
Bus: 81; 50/G; 51PQF
Hop-on/hop-off: Indipendenza (B); Stazione FS SMN (A,B), Piazza Stazione (C)
This article was written by Reid Bramblett and was last updated in June 2014.
All information was accurate at the time.
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