Typical Italian family hotel. The Flora grew on me over the few days I was there, rooms are spacious and well equipped. The staff are what make this hotel, from the reception the breakfast staff, all were friendly and attentive. Free WiFi makes this place even better and the breakfast is generous and good, particularly if you sample the various home baked goods on offer. Criticisms were there were some noise issues with my neighbours, not sure if it was the thin walls or if they were in fact just very noisy guests, but the staff did ask them to quiet down without my asking. And my room faced an internal courtyard so it was quite dark, which made sleeping easy, but no so great when trying to work out if it was morning or night in my jet lagged state.

Prato is a great place to stay if you want to avoid the craziness of Florence, only 20 minutes by Regionale train to Florence SMN and its sights, its a lovely town, which truly comes alive every evening, and there are some... more