Room with a view - Florence mini-break (Sights & Attractions in Florence)

Member Name: BClare77

Product:	Sights & Attractions in Florence
Date:	17/09/08 (72 review reads)
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Advantages: Beautiful city, culture overload, top notch food, amazing wine

Disadvantages: Can be a bit pricey, not a very green city, only one or two parks but travel out a bit to the hills

Just got back from a mini-break in Florence! Loved it. Start of September so still pretty hot but not unbearable. Rented a lovely apartment just round the corner from the Ufizzi, so much nicer than staying in a hotel, air-con is a must in the summer I think! Left it till quite late to book the apartment so got a pretty good deal. Flew Ryan-air which I know means you fly to Pisa but for the price it was no hassle, the train takes an hour and is only 6 Euro from the airport to the centre of Florence or hop on the Ryan-air bus for about 10 Euro.

We did a bit of culture but couldn't really face the queues so we were pretty selective. The Ufizzi is def worth a visit, it opens at 8.15am and we got there just before, still had to queue till about 9am but that's not too much hassle. The other highlight was climbing up out of the city to see the views, amazing.

We ate pizzas the size of our big heads and drank lots of lovely wine. The food market is great, another highlight, lots of amazing fresh fattening food, yum!!

The shopping was pretty good too, save some pennies for the jewellery, lots of beautiful unique silver and gold pieces. We tried to track down a few vintage clothes shops but they were all a bit ex-designer pricey stuff.

All in all I loved it! It depends what you're after from a hol, I know we could've spent hours queuing to get in places and ticked off all the galleries but to me that's not really a holiday.

Summary: Amazing!