The Ferragamo family have made choosing from amongst their six luxury accommodations in Florence both hard and easy. Hard, because they all have been tailor detailed to the last nail - it comes down to choosing between classic vs contemporary; water view vs hill view. Easy, because they're all within walking distance of each other. Once you've settled upon one accommodation, you can luxuriate in the others over drinks and dinner. We found the Penthouse Palazzo Vecchio at Gallery Hotel Art - retaining its billing as Florence's first contemporary boutique hotel - with its two bathrooms and two terraces overlooking the Duomo and the hills rather hard to pass up. When in Rome, there are 14 suites and a studio inside a townhouse near the Spanish steps to choose from.