The Monastery Il Monasteraccio, Florence — Hotel in Florence

This is where we live in Florence two weeks ago. On the hill across the river from Florence, what we covet is spaciousness and comfort. It was already past nine o'clock when we arrived that night, and it happened to be raining, each house had its own detached house. The owner said to make cold cuts for us, and we shook our heads vigorously, so he contacted us in the restaurant in the town down the hill. The next night we went home and passed by. We still wanted to go to that restaurant for supper. We didn't expect that it happened to be closed on Monday or Tuesday that day. We stayed in that villa for two nights, ate two breakfasts, and talked a lot with the owner. The owner is not eloquent, but very sincere and friendly. This house has a history of 700 years. The first 300 or 400 years was a seminary, and the last 300 or 400 years was a private residence. The owner's father is a local painter with some reputation, and his home is full of art works. The owner introduced his father's paintings, many of which were his mother and his childhood. The second is his father's use of colors. In his early years, there were a lot of bright yellow colors, and in his later years, it became a lot of blue. There are also those sculptures, which are made of cardboard and then painted with cement and paint on the outside. It is said that this was the first of its kind at the time, and it was the first time I heard and saw this idea. The painter's father of the house owner of this villa is called Milo. We offered to buy his father's picture album. They seemed to only have a collector's edition and they were not selling it. At that time, we still remembered to take pictures of paintings of non-famous artists in their residences. But forgot to photograph the outside of the house, the yard and the iron gate. Looking back now, the meal that night and the owner of the house are the ones we remember the most from...

Κατά τη διάρκεια της οδικής μας περιήγησης στην Ιταλία, κάναμε το λάθος να κλείσουμε το συγκεκριμένο ξενοδοχείο έξω από τη Φλωρεντία. Ο δρόμος είναι ανηφορικός, τρομερά στενός, με φράχτες και από τις δυο μεριές, διπλής κατεύθυνσης, που δεν χωρούσε δίπλα από το αυτοκίνητο μας ούτε ποδήλατο. Δεν μου έχει ποτέ ξανά τύχει τόσο δυσπροσιτο "ξενοδοχειο". Συνήθως, οι σωστοί ξενοδόχοι ενημερώνουν από πριν για το μειονέκτημά τους. Αντιθέτως ο αγενεστατος ιδιοκτήτης μας επέπληξε που δεν είχαμε μπει να το δούμε στο googlemaps, κράτησε κανονικά τα προπληρωμενα χρήματα και για τις δύο μέρες, ενώ αμέσως εμείς ακυρωσαμε την κράτηση, και δεν παρέλειψε να μας εξυβρισει σε mail, όταν τολμησαμε να ενημερώσουμε την ιστοσελίδα κράτησης για το λόγο ακύρωσης της διαμονής μας. Θα είναι η χειρότερη ανάμνησή μου αυτό το απαραδεκτο "ξενοδοχείο". Ευτυχώς, "κάθε εμπόδιο για καλό", αμέσως μετά βρήκαμε πολύ καλύτερο ξενοδοχείο και πολυ...

Ottimo soggiorno: Piccolo monastero del '300, poi casa canonica, e recentemente piccolo albergo a gestione familiare, ristrutturato con cura per mantenere la conformazione, i materiali e lo stile originale. Il gestore Cosimo è persona affabile e discreta, attento e disponibile per qualsiasi richiesta, e persona interessante con le sue esperienze artistiche, veliche e gastronomiche. Possibilità di cenare, molto utile in questo periodo di restrizioni pandemiche, con livello sorprendente di ricette curate, non banali e che valorizzano i prodotti locali. Pulizia ineccepibile. Immerso nella natura, in zona residenziale estremamente tranquilla, fresca e arieggiata, leggermente soprelevata rispetto alla piana di Firenze. Non rilevo punti negativi. Solo un'avvertenza, che essendo all'esterno di Firenze è utile auto propria; si può parcheggiare all'interno...