Hi! We arrive next week at 6 am by night train from Germany at Campo die Marte. We will explore the city a bit, before we continue our journey to the south in the afternoon.

We would love to have a fresh shower on arrival, as we will have been travelling already for 24 hours.

Are there any public swimming pools, gym with one day entries or anything else, where we could freshen up in the early morning?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Hey all, we're evaluating Firenze as a relocation base alongside other cities/countries and will be spending 5-6 weeks here trying to experience the local middle-class life.

We both work in tech and I was wondering if there's a particular district of the city that's similar to Old St/Shoreditch in London in the sense of creative/tech businesses.

Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

Hello Florentines
I will be visiting your beautiful city on aug. 15., and would like to attend mass (preferably english mass) in Santa Maria del Fiore. Information online - particularly on the duomo website - is very limited. I can imagine this is the case in order to deter tourists (understandable case).
I've read that english-speaking mass usually happens on saturdays at 17:00, but given that it's Ferragosto and information online appears to be conflicting on the matter, I want to inquire if any of you know if it is possible to attend service at all on Ferragosto?

Any suggestions for a nice sunset dinner in a vineyard close to Florence with decent prices?

My partner and I are going to Florence the last week of August and booked the Brunelleschi hotel, but I saw that Plaza Hotel Luchessi has a pool and wondering if that would be a better option. Has anyone stayed at either and which would you recommend?

We recently stayed at 44 Via Gino Capponi, which is also known as Palazzo Capponi. All things pointed to a lovely apartment stay for a delightful week, or so we thought. Almost at once we realized the apartment was not cooling down in the main living space which stayed between 32C and 36C (90F to 97F). When we reached out to the property we were told they would look into it, and Booking.com kept saying they were working on a solution. 4 days later after buying fans for the apartment and being rebuffed by the property owners and unceremoniously hung up on by Booking.com, we decamped to a hotel. It is a bit galling at the lack of service all around and very frustrating that the property and Booking.com took no accountability. I hope this post may prevent others from experiencing a similar situation at this building.