Hotel Accademia is a super-welcoming, 20-room hotel in the heart of busy, multiethnic San Lorenzo.

The one-star Hotel Bavaria offers a little taste of Renaissance living.

The one-star Hotel Cristina offers hotel-style rooms—at hostel-style rates—in a convenient location bretween the Uffizi and Duomo.

The two-star Hotel Medici has a lot to boast about. Mix in 40 simple, attractive rooms and a well-positioned breakfast room, and you have one great budget hotel.

Hotel Dali is an adorable oasis of originality and quality in the heart of Florence—with great rates to boot.

Though simple, Albergo Firenze features friendly staff, great common spaces, a stupendous location and low nightly rates.

Centrally-located, friendly, and funky Hostel Archi Rossi is put together at an aesthetic level rare in a hostel.

Montreal has cool where it counts, space where you want it and a fabulous location. For those looking for value and location, it is an obvious pick.

It's a hike up to the one-star Hotel Sampaoli's 12 eclectic rooms, but the vibe is friendly—and the rates friendlier.

The Tourist House Ghiberti B&B combines the charm of a small guesthouse, the benefit of modern décor and the convenience of a great location.

Hotel Pensione Elite is a friendly little number, a modest 10-room, two-star pension in Santa Maria Novella.

The Maxim's 26 rooms are first-rate, affordable and well-located.

This one-star hotel is home to nine modest rooms with charmingly mismatched furniture. It's situated on an ancient palazzo, which served as a private residence for bishops during the 16th century.

There is so much to love about the one-star Hotel Orchidea! Its ten basic rooms, in the shadow of the Duomo, look like something out of a dollhouse.

Arty charm is the name of the game at the Hotel Azzi, a modest hotel near Florence's Duomo.

We took a special liking to the Hotel Perseo, which offers 20 simple, modern rooms located one block from the Duomo on the touristy via dei Cerretani.