My sister and I traveled to several locations throughout Italy and France and the Hotel Renaissance was one of our very favorite hotels that we stayed with. The location is perfect for exploring Florence and the room was large, beautiful, quiet, and comfortable. A great place to come back to after a long day of adventuring.
All around the hotel is all of the main sites in Florence from the Duomo behind the hotel, the Piazza Della Signoria and Ponte Vecchio to the right outside the door of the hotel, and the Galleria dell'Academia just a short walk passed the Duomo. Everything was easily walkable from museums to dining. Florence is a meet up point for a lot of tours into Tuscany as well. We enjoyed our pizza and gelato cooking class tour in Tuscany with the meet up point at the library along the river, which was only a 8 minute walk from the hotel.
The food is fabulous in Florence and your dining choices are plentiful all around the hotel. We even had a cornetto and cafe latte at a Cat Cafe nearby!