We just stayed at the Fairfield in in Florence. We were on the top floor which was indoors and required your key to enter, so the security seemed pretty ok. Honestly Im easily skeeved out, so Im not the best judge. It is an older place (espcially compaired to the brand new first night open disney resort we had just come from), but it seemed pretty clean. The towels survived the hold up to the light test well, but the pillows were so flat, I wondered how old they were. The free breakfast was pretty meager, but the friendly owner-operator was very nice and brought anything that we asked for.
It is a good exit with lots of food, a mall, and TARGET!