Venice and Florence
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muffin1973
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Hi Damo
We were there a couple of weeks ago on our honeymoon.
Not a huge fan of Florence, personally I just found there were too many people, are herding around outside the Duomo - didn't particularly like that. We stayed in a small hotel on the Via Cavour that I wouldn't recommend but my parents stayed in a lovely hotel near the Piazza della Signoria which was very central, called Hotel Pierre on the Via Lamberti. It was really lovely, I'd stay there if I went again. The area around the train station isn't great so avoid that.
When we went to Venice (which we loved) we stayed in a small hotel called Palazza la Scalla. It was located between the Rialto and St. Marks Square - good location, small hotel but I would go back they were very nice. Room was pretty tiny though - the bathroom was nearly bigger! You'd want to print off decent directions to get to any hotel in Venice from the vaparettos as there are so many tiny streets and laneways you'd easily get lost.
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We were there a couple of weeks ago on our honeymoon.
Not a huge fan of Florence, personally I just found there were too many people, are herding around outside the Duomo - didn't particularly like that. We stayed in a small hotel on the Via Cavour that I wouldn't recommend but my parents stayed in a lovely hotel near the Piazza della Signoria which was very central, called Hotel Pierre on the Via Lamberti. It was really lovely, I'd stay there if I went again. The area around the train station isn't great so avoid that.
When we went to Venice (which we loved) we stayed in a small hotel called Palazza la Scalla. It was located between the Rialto and St. Marks Square - good location, small hotel but I would go back they were very nice. Room was pretty tiny though - the bathroom was nearly bigger! You'd want to print off decent directions to get to any hotel in Venice from the vaparettos as there are so many tiny streets and laneways you'd easily get lost.
HTH
M
On a visit to Venice the one thing I noticed with most tourists that were staying overnight was the way they had to struggle through the streets with their luggage. Very narrow streets with lots and lots of bridges. I'm sure there are water taxis but they must be expensive because I saw people lugging cases all round Venice.
Other than that I'd still recommend a visit - lovely city.
Other than that I'd still recommend a visit - lovely city.
muffin1973
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Yeah Pee I saw that too when we were there - actually we were two of those tourists! Thankfully, my husband (still can't get used to saying that!) is a strong man and took charge of hoisting our huge cases over the one set of steps we had to get over - otherwise we just pulled the cases behind us - hence the importance of proper directions, not to mention getting on the right vaparetto!
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Have been to Florence and Venice a few times. On every occasion we have never stayed in the cities proper - the quality
rice ratio in the centre of the cities is waaay off. Particularly in Venice.
The trains () are frequent, comfortable and inexpensive... e.g. the last trip I took to Venice, I stayed in Padua... lovely city and far more value for money than Venice.
rice ratio in the centre of the cities is waaay off. Particularly in Venice.The trains () are frequent, comfortable and inexpensive... e.g. the last trip I took to Venice, I stayed in Padua... lovely city and far more value for money than Venice.