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    Istituto Ariosto

    4.5 (2 reviews)
    ModerateBeauty & Spas

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    Silathai

    Silathai

    4.1(20 reviews)
    0.5 kmPalazzo Pitti
    €€

    The lobby for this place is very Zen-like and appealing. The staff is polite and the masseuses are…read moreso nice and attentive. My hubby and I both received the relaxation oil massage, 60mins. Since we had walked about 100 miles in 8 days were pretty neat up and hoping for more of a deep tissue massage, but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of options out here, and this spa only had 3 massage options: relaxing oil, reflexology, or thai. The massage we received were relaxing and very good. Perfect if that's what you're looking for.

    Never underestimate the strength of a small Thai woman!…read more Given a gift certificate for a Thai Massage from a friend who knew I needed to relax, I thought I'd book this during a particularly difficult work week. I was happy to get an appointment at 6pm on a weeknight since I know the place is very popular and fills up quickly. I've had plenty of Thai massages before, but never in Thailand, or, it appears, from a real Thai lady. I've experienced them from Americans and Italians who have studied in Thailand. So when the guy at the desk asked me if I'd done this before I was like "yeah for sure!". I know Thai massage is pretty hard, but find that most massages aren't hard enough, so I was looking forward to the beneficial effects of activating my energy lines. I was wrong. Never underestimate the strength of a small Thai woman! Apparently - as the man at the desk persisted in telling me afterwards - this is REAL Thai massage, and anything I'd had before was diluted. Into the room I go. I love the soft cotton pajamas that you get to change into, wonder if I can keep them? I settled on to the high wide massage bed - odd, I'd only ever done this on the floor - and started to relax. The walls of the massage rooms don't go up to the ceiling, which is beautifully frescoed so obviously they couldn't wreck that. In the stall next to me, a phone rings. The lady picks up and lies to a client about having just arrived in her hotel in Florence and reschedules their meeting. She puts the phone on silent but not on airplane mode, so that it continues to buzz every 5 minutes. I'd turned mine OFF, as one does in these situations. My masseuse comes in and starts to attack, I mean, massage me. I try to relax, but I find myself trying to crawl away from her off the table. I make little polite noises to indicate that perhaps she might not press so hard. She persists. I cry out in pain and she actually GIGGLES! Clearly she enjoys this. I know it's good for me, but am sure it would be equally beneficial if she pressed just a little less hard. Next to me, the "businesswoman" appears to be having an orgasm. Perhaps she ordered a different type of massage than I did, because she's moaning "that feels so good". I suppress a laugh myself, which turns into a kind of tortured scream. At the end, we're done! yay! The nice lady asks me if i want "final stretch"? I had to ask a few times to understand (stretching finale?). Ok, sure, yeah, a good stretch. Right. She bends me over her knee and cracks my back. Should have said no thank you.

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    Maniboo

    Maniboo

    3.9(53 reviews)
    0.7 kmSanta Maria Novella
    €€

    A beautiful, quaint space for the perfect manicure. Staff was very good and very gracious as well.read more

    I've lived in Florence for 8 months now and have gone here 3 times. I originally went here because…read morethey claim to do "dip" nails. The dip is only for the base and then they finish it with gel, which I was have avoided for years as I do not want the skin exposure to the UV light. The first manicure was good, not great, but I liked the atmosphere of the salon. It was definitely priced on the higher side, especially compared to US pricing. The returned a month or so later for another manicure and simply got the gel manicure. It last about 2 weeks before starting to chip, which I found unusual. I decided to do my own manicures because I didn't want to continue UV exposure for a gel manicure. So I finally went back last week, after the holidays, to get a "dip" manicure once again, to help protect my nails and keep them strong. I guess I had forgotten they do not do a true dip manicure with powder for the color coat, only the base, using gel and UV for the color coat. Literally within 24 hours one of my nails chipped. And I am not hard on my nails. I decided I would not go back after paying €80. No fill, no artificial nails - just base coat and gel color. And then, two days later, another nail chipped. Maybe it was the nail tech, but I will not return. I expect more out of a salon that charges this kind of pricing.

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