Albergo Merlini

Run by the Sicilian Gabriella family, this cozy third-floor walk-up is a notch above your average board-rated one-star place, the best in a building full of tiny pensioni. The optional breakfast is served on a sunny glassed-in terrace decorated in the 1950s with frescoes by talented American art students and overlooking a leafy large courtyard. Room nos. 1, 4 (with a balcony), and 6 through 8 all have views of the domes topping the Duomo and the Medici Chapels across the city's terra-cotta roofscape. Note that there's a 1am curfew.

Facilities:
Concierge; Internet in lobby

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