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“Heaven or Hell?” This is not a common question to hear at check-in. In reality, the question is not strange. The experience of staying at the 25hours Hotel Piazza San Paolino, in fact, changes everything drastically. It is no coincidence that their slogan is “come as you are” - forget all formalities to enter a new dimension. If you have expectations, forget them. Everything will be different. A beautiful courtyard (covered by glass windows) with a large fireplace on which giant spiders climb; a lobby that is also a restaurant and bar; a “grocery store” with lots of (fake) cold cuts hanging from the ceiling; a Cinema Paradiso room; the all-blue Companion Bar with continuous red sofas. In short, a set of quotes from Italian culture and traditions expressed with great imagination and, at times, ingeniously by the interior designer Paola Navone. This new hotel is part of the young German chain that currently has 15 hotels in 12 cities. After Dubai is about to open new properties in Jakarta and Copenhagen and on the pipe line there is Trieste, Porto Sidney and Melbourne. Did we say “Heaven or Hell” at check-in? Depending on our answer, we could find ourselves in an all white and celestial room or sink into the damnation of a dark red environment where we can experience a taste of Hell. . The location is central, a stone’s throw from the Santa Maria Novella station (and the square of the same name) and a 10-minute walk from the Duomo with convenient underground parking. Our Dante experience is very well localized. d e s i gn 25hours Hotel Piazza San Paolino Firenze 142