Hotel Palazzo Dal Borgo Aprile Rating: 4.0 Pearls

Florence, Italy

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Hotel Palazzo Dal Borgo Aprile offers an advantageous location from which to explore Florence: It's a nine-minute walk from the Duomo and within a 15-minute walk of most other popular sights.

Florence is extremely pedestrian-friendly, and is one of Italy's most beautiful cities -- it's more compact, and less gritty, than Rome. The Duomo is the most iconic sight here, but other popular attractions include Michelangelo's "David" at the Galleria dell'Accademia, the works of Botticelli and da Vinci at the Uffizi, and the Ponte Vecchio bridge, which dates back to the 1300s. The Piazza della Signora is a popular tourist hub, and many hotels are located near it.

• 14-minute drive to Peretola Airport
• 2-minute walk to Santa Maria Novella -- a 14th century monastic church with archetypical Gothic architecture
• 8-minute walk to Libreria Cafe de la Cite, one of many salon-like cafes
• 8-minute walk to Oltrarno -- the southern and more working class part of the city with great family-run restaurants
• 9-minute walk to Florence's most famous landmark the Duomo
• 10-minute walk to Piazza de Signoria -- the historical political center of Florence
• 10-minute walk Palazzo Vecchio, Florence's town hall
• 12-minute walk to the Uffizi Gallery which houses Botticelli's "Birth of Venus"
• 15-minute walk to the Galleria dell’Accademia where the Michelangelo's famous David statue is housed
• 12-minute drive to Piazzale Michelangelo for stunning views of the Arno Valley and the city of Florence
• 13-minute drive to Basilica di San Minianato al Monte -- a 13th century church offering gorgeous views and architecture
• 1-hour drive to Lucca
• 1-hour, 10-minute drive to Siena
• 1-hour, 13-minute drive to Pisa
• 3-hour drive to Rome