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We sing odes to the Hotel Scoti, an utterly fabulous budget find, located counterintuitively on Via de' Tornabuoni, a chic shopping avenue. Doreen, the Australian-born Florentine-transplant owner, is an amazing host. She could have kept us chatting for hours in the massive, frescoed living room.
While the frescos date back to the 1700s, the actual palazzo is 600 years old. Despite various revamps and renovations, the place maintains an elegant, antique feel. You'll feel like a guest at a royal ball as you wander the narrow halls and gaze up at the sky-high vaulted ceilings.
All of the 11 rooms are different from one another, with funky original antiques spanning the centuries and warm and cozy bedding. Artwork is few and far between. This is good, we suppose, as it provides little competition for the rooms themselves, with their Cosmati-style mosaic floors and elaborate dark wood furniture. The spacious bathrooms shine in gleaming white, with wrought iron accents.
All in all, Hotel Scoti is imbued with a rustic, elegant ambiance and a relaxed atmosphere, and on the chicest street in town, to boot.
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