The Hotel Alex is in the best position how ever you arrive we travelled by car and there is secure parking on site at 5 euro per day.200 meters from the hotel you can catch the tram into florence a day ticket is only 5 euro.The Hotel is clean and the beds are nice and comfy,the breakfast is a varied one with fruit,ham,cheese,yogurt,cereal,croissants varied ect the restaurant does good food and the price we thought for a hotel was reasonable we had the ,steak,pasta,fish and was all excellent ,also the staff went out of there way to be helpful i would highly recomend hotel alex for a good stay in Florence.