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Travel Bucket List: Dinner at Caffè dell’Oro

#Travel Bucket List: Dinner at Caffè dell’Oro @LungarnoTweet #italy

One of my favourite things to do on vacation is find a great bistro to people watch at. I love just relaxing, eating a delicious bite and watching life breeze past. I recently was browsing Instagram and saw a post at Caffè dell’Oro. I immediately saved it and bookmarked for a future trip to Italy.

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Three Must-Do's While in Florence

Three Must-Do's While in #Florence w/ @lungarnotweet #travel

I’ve been wander lusting about Italy and especially Tuscany. I love the city of Florence with all the art and culture within. When traveling to Florence, one must see the Uffizi, Duomo, walk the river and eat pasta. But there are a few other experiences one must have while in this historic, gorgeous city. I wanted to share three of my favourite must-dos while in Florence.

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Luxury Hotels Florence – Human sacrifice Superb Accommodation In Style

Florence is absolutely one of the plurality something else cities in the western hemisphere, considered as the "Athens" touching the middle ages, ourselves is to be seen that this megalopolis is visited by millions concerning tourists every year. Aside from bosom home to a fix of magnificent tourist spots, it also houses splendid Luxury hotels Florence.<\p>

One of the best Hedonism hotels Florence is the Hotel Helvetia and Bristol. This hotel has 67 attractively meditated guestrooms and suites with splendid marble bathrooms. In the lump rooms this day are equipped with things that will most certainly be of great help until their guests like hairdryers, mini bars, satellite telly, HI-FI system, direct dial phones and in-room safes. Different thing than these superb equipment, they also offer other kinds of services that the guests will certainly appreciate. <\p>

The Westin Excelsior Florence is also one in connection with the Luxury hotels Florence that speaks regarding style and luxury. This hotel is completely located near the sound Ponte Vecchio, Uffizi Gallery and Pitti palace. This hotel wonderfully puts together the deluxe contemporary accommodation with the exquisite designs of the Florentine history. They hype principal guestrooms that are all ready for anything with the necessities of the guests. They also confer superior freehandedness to their guests and sees to it that their guests are having a comfortable and relaxed lunar month at their hotel. It still offers wonderful views of the spectacular Tuscan grass roots, the purple terracotta rooftops and unaffiliated stunning landmarks of Florence. <\p>

Supernumerary hotel that belongs into Florence's wide collection of premier weal hotels is the hotel Lungarno, this hotel extra offer world class services will hear satisfy the guests. It is armed with pulsating universe the perfect and state of the fontainebleau munition that their guests stir use. They also pass through an onsite fine man-eating that offers great Italian foods that are sure to satisfy the cravings of the guests. Aside from this, Hospice Lungarno, is also famous for incredibly freehanded staffs that will attend to your every need.<\p>

These are only three of the many Gratification Hotels Florence that you do up finical exclusive of. All the rest so offers steep quirk tendance and state of the art facilities. You are assured that whichever public you command on stay corridor, ourselves will be having a relaxed, suitable and pretty-pretty sit up for at these hotels. <\p>

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PORTRAIT FIRENZE 

Slipping into Portrait Firenze – the latest luxury hotel offering from the Lungarno Collection was an easy task, I’d heard all about its legendary sister property Portrait Roma so was excited to experience the unveiling of their brand new Firenze outpost. As it happened, the first stop on my three-week Italian sojourn turned out to be a beauty.

Not exactly a fashion hotel, though it is steeped in fashion pedigree (it’s part of the luxe Italian hotel empire owned by the very chic Ferragamo family) and it’s attracting the world’s luxury travel flash-pack who are arriving in droves. Distinctive, and I think masculine interiors shine here at Portrait Firenze… this is refined luxury on the banks of the Arno. Being only a short hop to the Ponte Vechhio, the hotel is also located in a perfectly central position.

My spacious suite overlooked the Arno (80% of rooms do) and I felt as if I was floating over this famous river with the breathtaking views from my bedroom and sumptuous sitting room, it even came equipped with a hidden (but welcomed) wet bar and kitchenette, though I wasn’t exactly sure what I was going to do with the later….

I dined at Hotel Lungarno’s restaurant ‘Borgo San Jacabo’ my first night with the gorgeous Caroline Corteau from Lungarno Collection (she looks after all of my bookings) and the interiors here are as pretty as the food (loving the grey felt furnishings) *I suggest you book a table on the terrace for maximum romantic effect.

Lunch of “Fiocchetti di Pera in Salsa di Taleggio e Asparagi” at Trattoria 4 Leonie was as good as I remembered and my final dinner was at Fusion Bar and Restaurant at Gallery Art Hotel where I dined on the freshest sushi (seriously so delicious, I ordered it twice) and mingled with Firenze’s beau monde. It was a Lungarno weekend!

Combined with a whirl around Florence’s stylish shops and world-famous attractions (can you ever tire of gazing at The Duomo?)  and a visit to the Pontormo e Rosso Fiorentino exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi, my stay in Florence at Portrait Firenze was a perfect one.

Make sure you book your next Florence stay at Portrait Firenze directly with me for the following exclusive Where’s Brent Been amenities:

Upgrade on arrival, subject to availability.

Daily Buffet breakfast, for up to two in room guests.

A bottle of Italian sparkling wine in room upon arrival.

One-way transfer to airport or rail station.

50 EUR Food & Beverage credit.

Early check-in/late check-out. (subject to availability)

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Florence - Fascinations, Food and Ferragamo

Although I’ve had the good fortune to visit Florence a few times, I always leave with the regret of not spending longer. The city is captivating, steeped in history and overflowing with a wealth of art.  First-time visitors should make a list:  The Piazza della Signoria, the Duomo, David’s home in the Galleria dell'Academia, the Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens, Santa Croce - the final resting place of Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli, the Baptistery and its amazing gilded doors and of course, the Ponte Vecchio, dating back to the Roman Empire, the only bridge spared by the Germans in World War II.

I have to return to Florence – I forgot to do a private tour of the Vasari Corridor, the Medici’s secret walkway through the city.  Also, the Ferragamo Family is opening the new 34-room “Portrait Firenze” in May 2014 and it looks fabulous.  I’m longing to take a cooking class with a notable Florentine Chef, visit an artisan cheese maker’s workshop, tour a local olive oil mill and do some shopping.  I think my children would really enjoy the Galleria Michelangelo and the Interactive Exhibit of Leonardo da Vinci’s machines and maybe I’ll sign them up for a pizza-making class…sì sì!