The Hotel Abaco

An inexpensive hotel of arty kitsch halfway to the Duomo in Florence, Italy

** Hotel Abaco
Via dei Banchi 1 (off Via de' Panzani)
tel. +39-055-238-1919
www.abaco-hotel.it
€–€€

Sights nearby
** Santa Maria Novella [church]
*** Baptistery [sight]
*** Duomo/Brunelleschi's dome [church]
* Giotto's Bell tower [sight]
*** San Lorenzo leather market [market]
** Medici Chapels [sight]
* San Lorenzo [church]
Piazza della Repubblica [square]

Where to eat nearby
*** Il Latini [meal]
* Antichi Cancelli [meal]
* Da Mario [light meal]
* Da Nerbone [snack]
*** I Fratellini [snack]

Other hotels nearby
B&B Tourist House Battistero [cheap]
Hotel Perseo [cheap/moderate]
B&B Residenza Castiglioni [cheap/moderate]
Hotel Centrale [cheap/premier]
Hotel L'Orologio [moderate/splurge]
Hotel Santa Maria Novella [premier/splurge]
B&B La Dimora degli Angeli [moderate]
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Bruno, a gregarious Calabrese, just might be the hardest-working hotelier in Florence. He closely oversees a series of cozy, trippy rooms in a 15th-century palazzo halfway between the train station and the cathedral, doling out sightseeing information and restaurant recommendations.

Each room is decorated in honor of a different Renaissance artist. A life-sized reproduction of one of the artists works hangs on the wall and its palette informs the particular combo of supersaturated colors used to paint the walls and make up the heavy drapes and half-testers over the beds. One room, though a bit small and narrow, even has a stone fireplace.

Double rooms run €55 to €90, but those without private bath can save you up to €15 to €20 (those with a sink and shower but no toilet cost €10 to €15 less).

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