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Located in a quiet piazza just off the shopping strip and tourist thoroughfare between Piazza della Repubblica and Casa di Dante, the Albergo Firenze certainly doesn't look like a budget hotel.
A pretty lobby with arched, brick ceilings, a long, a modern mirrored reception desk, and an expansive lounge and breakfast room had us thinking this baby was far beyond our budget. Happily, surprise surprise, our opening impressions were wrong.
The rooms are far simpler than the lobby. They are spacious and bright, with dorm-style furniture and fresh, blue bedding and accents. Blue-tinted prints adorn the walls, and floors are of basic (though gleaming) tile. Bathrooms are equally utilitarian, with all of the essentials and none of the frills.
What this hotel lacks in terms of design, it makes up for with friendly and professional service, great common spaces, a stupendous location for shoppers and culture vultures alike, and (this is Florence, after all!) unbelievably low nightly rates.
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