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Florence Italy accommodation as far as hotel and cottage are concerned, let your imagination go from richly furnished five star hotels either in the heart of the town or smaller city accommodations, hidden away in the green hued countryside. From palaces to castles beautifully decorated and allowances or guesthouses owned by friendly area folk. These all year round lodgings have a wide price range but you can assured that good bargains are to be found in the quiet season. Florence welcomes everybody to be comfortable and caters to everyone’s budget.

Wealth and Comfort in Florence Italy

The Savoy Hotel is a fave for those wishing to fulfil a want for luxury sleeping, not forgetting the shopping studio and excellent cuisine at the cafe. The Hotel II Guelfo Bianco on the Thru Cavour right close to the San Marco Square has antique art treasures and original paintings and excellent commodities. Or maybe a stay at the Grand Hotel Baglioni with its sweeping gray stone stairway so everyday of many Florentine monuments and wooden beams decorating the ceiling all which give you that special sense of peace and relax.

Florence town should be visited during an extended period and if this isn’t feasible, then short visits are perfect to take in all the museums. And for me, one of the best ways to do this is by staying in a small town farmhouse near Florence and with your Florence vehicle rental, enjoy little joints into the town. One of the cutest medieval towns nearby is San Gimignano, situated in the triangle of Siena, Florence and Volterra. San Gimignano is undoubtedly known for its thirteen remaining towers of the first seventy-two which once existed. Here, you can have sweet dreams sleeping in a mansion from the 14th century and have breakfast in a valuable terrace. Or in a rustic house with high ceilings and worked iron beds.

 

Praise Good Italian Cooking

At a number of these farmhouses there are cookery classes and it is here where I learned to cook Stracotto or ‘Pot Roast’. This is a very popular weekend Sunday meal in Italy as well as in Great Britain and North America. The Italians serve it over a tasty noodles bed of pasta enriched with the Chianti wine sauce where the others serve it with potatoes. Here goes……

Stracotto (serves 4-6 people ) 

- three to four lbs. Top round beef 

- 4 thinly sliced garlic cloves 

- 3 medium thinly cut carrots 

- 3 medium sliced onions 

- rosemary leaves 

- 2 cut up celery stalks 

- 2 cups water 

- one lb. Ripe tomatoes ( peel, seed and cut them ) 

- one 4th cup olive oil 

- 1 and a half cup Chianti or dry red wine 

- one tbsp. melted butter 

- 1 tbsp. Flour 

- salt as you like 

- 1 lb. Pasta of your choice

Roll and tie up beef and then make small holes to put the garlic into.

In a pan, warm the oil and slowly cook the carrots, onions and celery until soft and add in the rosemary. Push these plants to one side and put the beef roll in the middle and brown on all sides at the same time as you are sautéing the veggies. Add in the tomatoes and when they’re getting soft, add the wine. Boil till the wine liquid has been consumed to about one half cup and add one and a half cup of water and let simmer for almost one hour more. Separate the beef and plants from the broth and let the meat cool. With remaining half cup of water mix the flour and the melted butter in with the broth and cook, consistently stirring it for 3 minutes. Slice meat and put the pasta and the sauce in the middle of the plate and two or three beef slices to one side and crown with some more sauce if required. Bon appetite!

This is only 1 of the Florence Italy recipes that I learned. Stay tuned for more!.

If you enjoy traveling and would like to read more on some of the most famous places in the world, visit famouswonders.com and also check out Bargello Museum Italy.

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