There is nothing exciting about the Italian name of New Florence. It is exactly what it says it is. A relatively new suburb of Florence. We arrived in Florence about mid day on Thursday, October 21st. The Hilton Garden Inn was a comfortable and luxurious (for us) hotel to stay in. It was a short distance from both the airport and the railway station where we had to take a train to Rome. The 22 bus came by just a block away every 15 minutes and took us into the heart of Florence.
In the picture above, we are in a very North American supermarket. We have only a few stores like this within metro distance of us in Helsinki. None within walking distance, so it was great fun to actually find shoe polish in the same store where the apples and bananas were sold.
The Hilton is next to the new building of the university. The building is surrounded by a large park where people go to walk their dogs or just to walk themselves or with their small children.
It really is a beautiful setting.
It really is a beautiful setting.
The upside of staying in New Florence was the comfort of the hotel and the closeness to means of transportation. The downside was that after sightseeing for four hours, we were ready to go back to our hotel and rest. Since it was a bus ride to the city, we went back to the hotel and never left to return to the city in the evening.
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