http://www.firenzeclick.com Florence accommodation Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:02:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Uffizi building that is now seat of the Gallery was built in the mid-sixteenth century by the architect Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) in a period when Cosimo I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, was bureaucratically consolidating this recently acquired position. The building was meant in fact to house the ... http://www.firenzeclick.com/places-to-go/the-uffizi-gallery/ This typical Italian Gothic building, the Cathedral of Florence, is dedicated to Santa Maria del Fiore. The church was designed by Arnolfo di Cambio (c1245-1302) who considerably enlarged the existing religious structure. Finished around 1367, the Cathedral was completely covered by coloured marbles like the earlier Baptistery, except for the ... http://www.firenzeclick.com/places-to-go/the-cathedral-duomo-of-florence/ The Hotel Marignolle Relais & Charme is surrounded by the typical scenery of the Florentine hills, with cypresses and cane-apple trees, broom bushes and pine trees, amongst the scents of lavender, rosemary, time and catmint. Almond and peach blossoms and the intense geranium colours, according to the season, complete the ... http://www.firenzeclick.com/florence/4-star-hotels/hotel-relais-marignolle/ Accademia House is a warm and welcoming B&B right in the heart of the historical centre of Florence. It is located on the first floor of a building dating back to 1500 AD and was once the dining room of the convent of Santa Maria della Neve, thus providing an ... http://www.firenzeclick.com/florence/bed-breakfasts/accademia-house/ A discreet and refined Residence in a fifteenth-century mansion, on the master floor of a building in front of the Duomo. Complete autonomy, two hundred metres from the Uffizi, La Residenza del Proconsolo brings you in the heart of Florence and Italian art, and gives you the house-key. Very few rooms, ... http://www.firenzeclick.com/florence/bed-breakfasts/residenza-del-proconsolo/ Palazzo Branca Aria della Ripa offers splendid apartments situated in a beautiful and important 19th century Palazzo along the Arno River. From your windows you can admire the entire city from Piazzale Michelangelo, down to Ponte Vecchio through the Lungarno which goes to the city center. With a nice walk along ... http://www.firenzeclick.com/hotels-by-city-area/santa-maria-novella/palazzo-branca-apartments/ Hotel Relais il Cestello is an old structure, used in the past as a post office that functioned with horses and buggies. The Hotel looks on Piazza di Cestello and from the windows you can see the beautiful Cestello Church, the surrounding area of San Frediano, the Church of Ognissanti ... http://www.firenzeclick.com/florence/3-star-hotels/relais-il-cestello-hotel/ Burchianti Hotel is a small and very charming hotel in the heart of Florence close to the Medici Chapels and the Duomo. A few steps away from Santa Maria Novella and the most important florentine Museums and Galleries. Originally situated in via del Giglio 6 in the Bartolini Salimbeni palace, from ... http://www.firenzeclick.com/florence/3-star-hotels/burchianti-hotel/ Right here, in the heart of this extremely beautiful city, the Boccaccio Hotel is located in a building dating back to the 1700s, the ideal destination for an unforgettable stay in Florence, whether for business or pleasure. The extremely recent and diligent re-structuring together with the extension of the building, ... http://www.firenzeclick.com/florence/3-star-hotels/boccaccio-hotel/ You could not ask for a better location for your stay in Florence: Tourist House Duomo is right next to Piazza del Duomo. Tourist House Duomo is a Bed & Breakfast located in the Historic center of Florence, only 10 mt. about the "Cupola of Brunnelleschi" (Duomo) and approximately 300 ... http://www.firenzeclick.com/florence/bed-breakfasts/tourist-house-duomo/