Florence Italy accommodation as far as hotel and cottage are concerned, let your imagination go from richly furnished 5 star hotels either in the center of the town or smaller city or smaller town accommodations, hidden away in the green hued countryside.
From palaces to castles exquisitely decorated and annuities or guesthouses owned by friendly area folk.
These all year round lodgings have a wide price range but you can guaranteed that good bargains are to be found in the quiet season.
Florence welcomes everyone to be comfortable and caters to everyone's budget.
Wealth and Comfort in Florence Italy The Savoy Hotel is a fave for those wanting to fulfill a wish for luxury sleeping, not forgetting the shopping gallery and glorious cuisine at the cafe.
The Hotel II Guelfo Bianco on the Thru Cavour right close to the San Marco Square has antique art treasures and original paintings and glorious commodities.
Or perhaps a stay at the Grand Hotel Baglioni with its sweeping grey stone staircase so characteristic of many Florentine monuments and wooden beams decorating the ceiling all which give you that special sense of peace and relax.
Florence town should be visited in an extended period and if this isn't possible, then short visits are ideal to take in all the museums.
And for me, one of the finest methods to try this is by staying in a tiny city farm near Florence and with your Florence auto rental, enjoy small joints into the city.
One of the cutest medieval cities nearby is San Gimignano, situated in the triangle of Siena, Florence and Volterra.
San Gimignano is definitely known for its thirteen remaining towers of the first seventy-two which once existed.
Here, you can have sweet dreams sleeping in a mansion from the 14th century and have breakfast in a dear terrace.
Or in a rustic house with high ceilings and worked iron beds.
Praise Good Italian Cooking At a few of these farmhouses there are cookery classes and it's here where I learned to cook Stracotto or 'Pot Roast'.
This may be an extremely popular weekend Sun.
meal in Italy as well as in Great Britain and North America.
The Italians serve it over a delicious noodles bed of pasta enriched with the Chianti wine sauce where the others serve it with potatoes.
Here goes...
Stracotto ( serves 4-6 persons) - 3 to 4 lbs.
top round beef - 4 thinly chopped garlic cloves - 3 medium thinly sliced carrots - 3 medium sliced onions - rosemary leaves - 2 cut up celery stalks - 2 cups water - 1 lb.
Ripe tomatoes ( peel, seed and cut them ) - 1 fourth cup olive oil - 1 and a half cup Chianti or dry red wine - 1 tbsp.
melted butter - one tbsp.
Flour - salt as you like - one lb.
pasta of your choice Roll and tie up meat and then make little holes to put the garlic into.
In a shallow pan, warm the oil and slowly cook the carrots, onions and celery until soft and add in the rosemary.
Push these plants to the side and put the meat roll in the middle and brown on all sides at the same time as you're sauting the veggies.
Add in the tomatoes and when they're getting soft, add the wine.
Boil till the wine liquid has been consumed to about one half cup and add 1 and a half cup of water and let broil for almost one hour more.
Separate the meat and plants from the broth and let the beef cool.
With remaining half cup of water mix the flour and the melted butter in with the broth and cook, consistently stirring it for three mins.
Cut beef and put the pasta and the sauce in the middle of the plate and two or three beef slices to the side and top with some more sauce if needed.
Bon appetite! This is only 1 of the Florence Italy recipes that I learned.
Stay tuned for more!