Historic Center - Downtown, Florence Hotel Rooms at the Independent

We stayed at the Hotel Colorado for 3 nights before our families arrived for our Italian wedding (in San Gimignano). The hotel was a little bit outside of the main Florence area, though super close to the Accademia (where the David is). The hotel is nice and good value - it has wifi, private bathrooms and breakfast. The man who runs the hotel is SUPER nice and accomodating. We definitely enjoyed our stay. Thanks!

This hotel is walking distance from the train station. The quadruple room was very large, which was a pleasant change in Italy. The hosts were wonderfully helpful and gave us great information about the museums and restaurants. I highly recommend this hotel for families on a budget.

Excellent service and the staff, specially the lady who runs the place, Mina, is extremely pleasant and kind.

It is located of the third floor of an office type building. You are given three keys upon arrival, one for the exterior door, one for the "apartment" and one got your room. Susannah the manager is pleasant but make sure you let her know if you are getting in late. I believe she leaves at 7. Breakfast is served in your room the day before consisting of pastries, packet toasts, etc. it was actually good. There are other food items in the hallway, fruits etc. I booked a double but the room had a double bed and a single bed. The room was nice and spacious and I had no complaints. It is located close to most sights and easy to get there by bus although we took a taxi to get there. Lots of restaurants close - had some really good food in the area. All in all, a nice place to stay!

First of all this B&B is in a perfect location right next to the Duomo. The staff were extremely helpful, polite and welcoming. Before my arrival they contacted me and made sure everything was prepared for my stay. During my visit my room was kept in perfect condition daily and I thoroughly enjoyed my visit. Whenever I needed something help was available and my trip went very well. I would definitely stay here again on my next trip to Florence.

As long as you are not expecting the Ritz-Carlton, you should be happy with this hotel. It is a short walk from the SMN train station and is near the Tourist Office (hint: buy the Florence Card -- it is a great deal and essentially is a VIP pass into nearly all of the museums; no need to pre-book visits and no waiting in lines). Mary and her son Antonio were very helpful and accommodating, providing tips on what to visit in Florence, providing a fan for the room (because the air conditioning unit was not too effective), and holding our bags until we left on the evening train. The room we had was clean and spacious, towels were changed daily, and beds made up daily as well. The only drawbacks (in addition to the air conditioning unit) were that the room we had faced the street and so it was a little noisy at nights, and there is an 'open' shower so much of the bathroom floor gets wet when showering. Nonetheless, this is a nice hotel and reasonably priced. I would stay here when visiting Florence again.

The hotel is right next to both the train and bus stations which is good, however the area around the stations is one of the less beautiful areas of florence. The rooms were fine nothing fancy, has all the basics... but above all the service was AMAZING!!!!! Its owned by a family, the grandmother is very friendly and the son is hard working, they really invited us in and answered all the questions we had, would definetly recommend this place.

Great stay...check-in was easy, nice breakfast each morning.

Very nice family run bed and breakfast. Claudio helped us make last minute reservations to see David. Would stay there again.

Neri was an outstanding host, doing whatever possible to make our stay enjoyable. Lovely setting away from the bustle yet easy walking distance to everything.