Great location, close to most sites. Make sure to get the upgrade to the view of il Duomo. It is totally worth it and not that much more extra.

The Hotel was beautiful and in a perfect location. We were able to walk everywhere. The breakfast room and veranda were lovely. The staff was very helpful. We would certainly stay there again.

Excellent location for a good value. it was a good sized room (for Florence). We stayed here on a Friday and Saturday night for a total of £108. They had a good Italian breakfast from 7:30-9:30 on Saturday and Sunday morning. The location is excellent and a block away from a main bus station (Piazza di San Marco). It's also very close to the Duomo, Accademia, Ponte Vecchio, and basically the entire centre of Florence. You could easily walk from the SMN (main train station) to the hotel in 15 minutes. The hotel has a great lounge downstairs with 2 Apple computer stations and a flat screen television with leather couches. The lady at the front desk assisted with printing off the train schedule for our trip back to Pisa. The staff speak and can hold conversations in English. We were able to check out 30 minutes later on Sunday morning without incident.

Tip: Make sure you buy bus tickets (1 euro) and validate your ticket immediately once you board the bus. There's a machine inside each bus - if you don't validate your ticket, you could be subject to a 50 euro fine (yes, it happened to us). They seem to prey on Americans - we never have to validate tickets for any transportation. This does for train tickets as well. It doesn't matter that you have a ticket (it needs to be validated).

I would recommend this hotel to anyone coming to Florence! What an unbelievable price for an amazing hotel! Very centrally located in Florence- a short walk from the duomo, ponte vecchio, etc.

The rooms are very big- we got one on the first floor in the courtyard. Extremely modern, clean, and bright! Two separate closets on opposite ends of the room (perfect for me and my boyfriend- we both packed way too much!) big bathroom, nice shower, and good size flat screen tv. Also, great free wifi! Perfect connection everywhere in the hotel. They also have a nice lobby with lounge and computers in case you didn't bring a laptop!

Other great things? They serve a great breakfast buffet (free!) with lovely choices for coffee, juices, pastries, cereals, rolls, meats, cheeses, spreads, yogurts, etc. also cheap laundry service for my boyfriend's shirts. There is also a little minimart across the street with liquor, wine, champagne (for the AM:) ) and waters/sodas. Cheap and they deliver until 12AM! We took advantage of their buy 2 get one bottle free deal:)!

My only suggestions to Orto de Medici? Room service availability! One night in Florence i was extremely sick and we had to cancel our dinner plans. My boyfriend was going to order room service for us but there wasnt any available. He asked the front desk and they were helpful in pointing him to a great nearby pizza place (great pizza- cheap!) also, we had to give our key each time we left to the front desk and they didn't ask us for ID when we walked in and said "room 74"... Kinda scary since any odd person on the street could walk into your room. We had expensive laptops, iPads, etc. so it worried us a bit.

Overall, loved this hotel and will definitely stay here next time we are in Florence! We will also suggest to boyfriend's parents who are planning a trip to Italy next year.