Neighborhood: (northeast end of) Santa Croce Also called: N/A Pros: In walking distance of the sights Lots of restaurants all around Fairly safe to walk around alone because there are so many other people out, at all hours of the day and night There are groceries and stores nearby that normal Florence-dwellers visit We stayed directly on…
We were in Florence for four days. The Duomo: Unlike the Duomo in Milan, which has multiple dozen chapels along the outside, each with very detailed ornamentation, this Duomo is fairly plain. Its primary feature is a large ceiling fresco. It was nice, if slightly deflating after the Milan experience. (It also didn’t help that…
Osteria de Peccatore: Unfortunately, our first choice restaurant was closed for August, so we wandered over to this place, with good Yelp reviews. It was a very touristy place, and if we didn’t know that from the ambiance and location, their ‘fettuccine Alfredo’ menu option would have told us. That said, the staff was very nice,…