Hotel in Florence

Don't know if you like B & B's but this place gets stellar reviews.
http://www.casarovai.it/

I would highly recommend Hotel Dali. Great price...€80, great location, just behind the duomo and easy walking to everything, and the friendliest hotel manager in Italy. Marco made museum resevrations (no charge and at times that the web site reservation system said were not available), recommended great places for inexpensive food, and is just about the nicest person we met in Italy. He speaks English well and is willing to help before and during your visit. Our room was quite large (they may vary). Not luxury, but excellent value.
http://www.hoteldali.com/pages/view.htm

I would highly recommend Hotel David. It's a bit off the beaten path, across the Arno River, near Piazzale Michelangelo. But, it was wonderful, has free, private parking (we had a car), great breakfast, and a free happy hour in the evenings.

You can check it out on Tripadvisor. It's rated #3 of all the hotels in Florence.

We were in Florence July 11 & 12 and loved albergo chiazza. www.chiazzahotel.com. Location is great. It is a pedestrian street, but just around the corner from very nice shops and you can see the Duomo, which is a 5 minute walk.

Patricia, I stayed at Hotel Aldobrandini on my last visit to Florence, and would certainly recommend that. It's an easy walk from Firenze S.M.N. and is "close to the main attractions". It's not fancy but fits Rick's criteria of clean, safe and affordable and the owner (Ignazio) was incredibly helpful.

Happy travels!

Thanks, Tim. I'm emailed Hotel Dali and am waiting on a reply from them. Is the hotel air conditioned?

I have stayed at Hotel Balcony many time. It is just down the street from the Duomo and a few feet away from the train station. It is clean, safe and the staff is wonderful. Breakfast is pretty good to.

My family and I stayed at Hotel Casci in 2004 and will be staying there again in November. Check the website www.hotelcasci.com
The hotel is walking distance from Dumo, air-conditioned and room price includes a huge breakfast buffet. The hotel is family run and you will surely enjoy your stay there. They may even give you discount if you pay in cash.

My daughter and I just stayed 3 nights in Florence in June at a wonderful B&B called Il Residenza Villini. It was not cheap but not the most expensive - 130 Euros per night but included a wonderful breakfast with cereal, yogurt, croissant, meat, cheese, fresh juice, and made to order coffee/cappucino/espresso. The owners are helpful and accomodating. The rooms are large for european standards, with a/c and free wifi. A great experience!

Thank you for all the suggestions for hotels in Florence. I now have so many great hotels to choose from - will probably decide on Residenza il Villino, but if not, I still have other great choices, and also for the next stay.
Thank you.