subject: Boutique Hotels In Florence: Modern Convenience Amid Historic Splendor [print this page] Boutique Hotels in Florence start tourists out with the right idea about this beautiful Italian city. Architectural splendor greets you at every turn, such as dome-topped chapels and cathedrals. Important paintings by Raphael and Caravaggio line gallery and museum walls. Your hotel may hold its own amid these landmarks.
For example, Grand Hotel Minerva forms a landmark of its own. Built in 1850, Italy has deemed this accommodation an historical site. View other significant buildings from the fifth floor terrace, such as the Church of Santa Maria Novella or Duomo Cathedral, largest building in Florence, with its famous dome by Brunelleschi.
Visitors might spend down time enjoying a drink from their mini bar or catching up on work using internet access. The rest of the time they can appreciate being close to places such as the Uffizi Gallery with its collection of artwork spanning five centuries. Get close to a Titian, Rubens or Michelangelo masterpiece. Travel around for views of Medici Chapels and the Science Museum, featuring artifacts from the great Galileo.
For stunning and original interior design, book the UNA Hotel Vittoria. Spend some time in one of the public rooms admiring vivid colors printed onto various media to create rooms with arches and swirls: sensuous, energetic form in exotic colors. You might think you just spent too much time in the hotel bar, but rest assured, you are not seeing things.
Staff at the Vittoria speak several languages, so ask about museums and landmarks in English, French, or try your Italian phrases. Guests can wander just a few hundred meters to the River Arno, spanned by four beautiful bridges. Book a room on one of three floors. Start your day with a full or continental breakfast, followed by business in one of the meeting rooms. Hold meetings one-on-one at the on-site coffee shop or bar before exchanging your money to spend at a shop featuring famous designer labels.
Try Hotel Londra for family friendly luxury. Choose from a family room or something more intimate. Even book the Feeling Design Room full of stylish and modern touches. One such, an LCD 32 inch TV built into a mirror, is worth a look on its own. Guests are close enough to the train station to travel outside of Florence, but why would you? With the Uffizi Gallery close to hand and its thirteenth to eighteenth century works of art by the likes of Raphael and Titian, you will fill at least a day; one day among the many needed to see a city of delights.
Bring children to admire the statue of David created in 1504 at Accademia Gallery. Show them early works by Galileo at the Science Museum. When advice is needed, look to staff who speak English, French and German, not to mention Spanish and Italian. They can send you in the right direction. For much needed time alone arrange babysitting service. Then take your loved-one out for drinks, a meal nearby, or even to your ground floor restaurant serving Italian and specifically Florentine lunch or dinner.
