Florence was definitely a disaster at first, then turned into a good trip! 1st off, I mistakenly only booked 1 night (meaning to book 2) So when we first got to the place to check in (its in a different building than the actual rooms) they luckily had another room open up for our 2nd night stay!
I DO NOT recommend parking in Florence. The parking garage was a street over from the check-in building, BUT the directions weren't quite easy to find. We unloaded our car at the check in building, hoped back in our car, drove straight which leads you to the city center. you can't make a left hand turn (its a one way) so I had to drive my BIG RED Cadillac through the VERY BUSY city center and about had a heart attack! after about 30-45 mins of driving through the streets, trying to make our way back around the city, we found the garage... you have to pay separately. around 35-40 Euro a day! Not to mention, the garages are SO small, I dented my front bumper in trying to pull into it :( Enough with this drama...
Our stay: It was my husband, his grandmother and I. We booked a 1 bed room w/ a pull out couch. The "Red" apartment! It was quite small, but very cute/ clean! The pull out couch was not user friendly, the foot pegs wouldn't lock, so we ended up just keeping it as a couch and our Grandmother slept on that. That was the only downfall.
Our 2nd night, we moved to a much bigger apartment, the "Green" apartment. THIS WAS A DREAM. It was 2 bed room w/ attached showers. 2 full bathrooms. living room, dining room and kitchen. Updated, adorable!! I wish we had that Green Apartment for 2 nights!
Anyways, if you stay here, don't drive. stay in the Green apartment and go check out Lions Fountain for good wings, Red Garter for karaoke & Dragonfly for cool cocktails!
Enjoy!