This former student hangout is still partly used as a study-abroad dorm, but has otherwise been smartened up into a three-star hotel.
The rooms are achingly dull, but it has one huge selling point: It is the most central hotel in all of Florence.
The location is divine, tucked away on its own little hidden piazza at the very heart of the centro storico's pedestrian zone, just off via del Corso (the Decamanus Maximus, or Main Street, of Roman-era Fiorentina), a three-minute walk from the Duomo in one direction and the Uffizi in the other.
That said, this hotel is far too institutional and boring to justify the midrange rates.
The rooms are brightly tiled and (finally!) have a bit of decor about them, but remain quite small and overall bland.
This is a large operation without any of the warmth or ambience of a small, family-run hotel, and the concierge and management are efficient but generally uninvolved.
Also, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the ants that marched busily along the baseboard of my room. (Hey, it's not like I haven't battled ants in my own house, and the place does seem clean overall, but I felt it needed saying.)
Still: A phenomenal location.
Piazza Donati 4 (on Via del Corso, off Via dei Calzaiuoli)
(Duomo / Uffizi)
tel. +39-055-268-301
www.hotelfirenze-fi.it
€€
Bus: C2; 14, 23, C1
Hop-on/hop-off: Teatro Verdi (A)
| 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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Piazza Donati 4 (on Via del Corso, off Via dei Calzaiuoli)
(Duomo / Uffizi)
tel. +39-055-268-301
www.hotelfirenze-fi.it
€€
Bus: C2; 14, 23, C1
Hop-on/hop-off: Teatro Verdi (A)
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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