Looking for clean & moderate priced hotel in Rome for 2 nights.
Also airbnb or vrbo for 5 days in Florence In May.
Any suggestions?

Katharine
Hotel Athenaeum in Florence on Via Cavour. 15 minute walk from train station and 3 minutes walk to L'Accademie and David.

Hotel Golden...family owned. Terrific breakfasts made by Mamma Terersa. Residential location just off a main street where the Westin and US Embassy are located so easy access to bus and metro.

We stayed at the Montreal it it lose to train station and was not to bad wifi was non existent the one next door had wifi and they r both run buy the same group

This is the place we stayed at in Florence with airbnb, so adorable and walkable to everything. We were 5 people. Stayed there in april if 2016.

This is where we’d stayed in Rome. Another gem. 15-20 min walk to Vatican and coliseum. In a trendy neighbourhood with lots of restaurants and shops. People were great to deal with. Spoke great English.

We stayed at iQ hotel roma. Short walk to train station and the hop on hop off is across the street. Best part is they have laundry.

We rented the “Mini Suite Corso 12” with:
http://firenzerentals.com/phone/index.html
We actually booked through airbnb but they have a separate website. They were reasonably priced, great hosts (good communication, etc), the apartment was charming, clean & in a great location. Recommend :))

If you want best affordable hotels with meals included, travel guides and transportation to all locations pm me

We stayed at the Best Western Premium Santina, right across from the termini station, and Hop on Hop Off bus. They had a lovely buffet breakfast for 3 Euros. Was lovely. We booked tours from home with Walks of Italy, which we quite enjoyed. Loved Rome.

If there is any place that I recommend a hop on/ hop off bus tour, Rome is it. It will take you to all the major sites. It can let you off at Vatican City as well. There I recommend getting a guided tour. They will give you a history lesson, show you the Vatican museum (jaw dropping), Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, all kinds of stuff. If you are there at the right time I think you might catch site of the pope. I believe his showings are predictable.

was just down the street from the Collisseum and was good. Went in 2012.

We stayed near termini station to be close to train when coming and going in Rome. We stayed at a bed and breakfast on air bnb, and also stayed at Hotel California, both near termini and reasonable.

Carol lots of cobblestone in Rome and Florence. Unless you’re super sturdy, don’t bother packing heels.. possibly wedges, but it’s all a crapshoot. My heels just added weight and bulk to my suitcase. I never wore them.

Great, Thank you for the info.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g187901-d2534189...

We stayed in Tuscany and made day trips to Florence. Very reasonable in Uglignano