If you want a hotel in central florence near the uffizi gallery and ponte vecchio then look no further than the hotel alessandra hotel alessandra is set in a 1507 building once home to local nobility and offers a friendly atmosphere just a few steps away from the beautiful piazza della signoria the hotel is halfway between via dei tornabuoni a street lined with designer shops and boutiques and the ponte vecchio a bridge filled with incredible gold shops both are less than 50 meters