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ator, valet parking-€21/day, Piazza S.S. Annunziata 3, tel. [phone], fax [phone],
www.loggiatodeiservitihotel.it , [e-mail] ; Simonetta, Gianni, and two
Chiaras).Whenfull,theyrentfivespaciousandsophisticatedroomsina17th-centuryannex
a block away. While it lacks the monastic mystique, the annex rooms are bigger, gorgeous,
and cost the same.
$$$ Hotel dei Macchiaioli offers 15 fresh and spacious rooms on one high-ceilinged,
noble floor in a restored palazzo owned for generations by a well-to-do Florentine family.
You'll eat breakfast under original frescoed ceilings while enjoying modern comforts (Sb-
€100, Db-€180, Tb-€220, Rick Steves discount if you book direct and pay cash, air-con,
free Wi-Fi, Via Cavour 21, tel. [phone], www.hoteldeimacchiaioli.com ,
[e-mail] , helpful Francesca and Paolo).
$$ Hotel Morandi alla Crocetta, a former convent, envelops you in a 16th-century
cocoon. Located on a quiet street with 12 rooms, period furnishings, parquet floors, and
wood-beamed or painted ceilings, it takes you back a few centuries and up a few social
classes (Sb-€105, Db-€155, Tb-€185, low-season discounts online, air-con, free Wi-Fi, a
block off Piazza S.S. Annunziata at Via Laura 50, tel. [phone], fax [phone],
www.hotelmorandi.it , [e-mail] , well-run by Maurizio, Rolando, and Er-
tol).