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We usually ask at the reception where should we go eat out. It works out great most of the time. It worked fine in Florence. When we picked a restaurant ourselv
by petre 4y ago
We usually ask at the reception where should we go eat out. It works out great most of the time. It worked fine in Florence. When we picked a restaurant ourselves we got out of the tourist area and ate at a underwhelmingly looking grocery/restaurant where university professors ate out. If the staff only speaks Italian, you're probably at the right place. The food was good and they had a huge selection of wines. Of course, we never put those places on Instagram. In Florence one can still be able to find places like that. But if you go to places like Positano or Taormina, then almost every restaurant is the tourist type and even the locals have no choice but to eat there.
- jaclaz 4y agoYep, there are still a few good ones, but don't tell anyone ;). Taormina or Positano are so small that the "new wave" of tourist places have already (and since a few years) "killed" practically all the places for normal people[1], in Florence you can clearly see the trend, but there are still enough "old" places, though it won't probably last for long. [1] though (if you have the means to go only a few kilometers away) in the surroundings of Taormina or Positano there are still many good traditional restaurants
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- tomcam 4y agoFor me that hasn't worked out well in the USA. It seems that the concierges usually has financial ties to places they recommend.
- petre 4y agoI meant small B&Bs, not actual hotels.
- jaclaz 4y agoSmall B&B's with reception/concierge are rare (at least here in Florence), but while I would not totally exclude such "financial ties", they would be anyway with "good enough" restaurants that are not the "for tourists" ones, of course it may depend on cases, but it would not make any sense for the B&B or hotel to recommend a "bad" place, they would risk to irk the customer.