In just a five minute walk you can reach Piazza Duomo, the Uffizi Gallery, the Accademia and Santa Croce Church. The hotel is also located close to Florence’s main theatres (between the Pergola and Verdi Theatres) with plenty of typical Tuscan restaurants, cafés, wine-bars, and night clubs nearby, which make the area lively and animated, night and day. The Flea market is just 2 minutes away, and the Sant'Ambrogio market is 5 minutes away.
Travel information
By Car:
From the South:
- Take the A1 highway.
- Exit at Firenze Sud.
- Follow the signs for Firenze Centro.
- Cross the river Arno and you will be on the Viali of Circonvallazione.
- Just before Piazza Beccaria, at the traffic lights, turn left around a modern building and then right, towards the traffic lights next to this building.
- You will enter Via dell'Agnolo.
- Go straight till Via Verdi and turn right.
- Continue until you reach Piazza Salvemini, Via Fiesolana is the street right in front of you.
- After few metres you will find the hotel on your left-hand side, house number 1.
From the North:
- Take the A1 highway.
- Exit at Firenze Nord.
- Follow the signs for the city centre, Firenze Centro.
- Then look for the signs for Viali of Circonvallazione, until you find Piazza della Libertà, Piazza Donatello, and finally Piazza Beccaria.
- At the first set of traffic lights after Piazza Beccaria, turn right into Via dell'Agnolo.
- Go straight till Via Verdi and turn right.
- Continue until you reach Piazza Salvemini, Via Fiesolana is the street right in front of you.
- After few meters you can find the hotel on your left-hand side, house number 1.
By Air:
- Airport Amerigo Vespucci of Florence is 5 km from the city centre. You can reach Casa Rovai by taxi or by bus. The bus will take you to the main railway station (S.M.Novella), from here you can walk or get another bus.
- Airport Galileo Galilei of Pisa is 90 km from Florence. Take the train leaving directly from the airport to S.M.Novella of Florence.
By Train:
From the railway station (Santa Maria Novella):
- By taxi: you can find a taxi stand in front of the railway station.
- By bus: the bus stops are in front of the railway station, on the right side when you get off. You can buy the tickets at the train station, you will find newspaper shops to buy them. Take bus number 14 (direction Via Ripa or Il Girone) and get off at the fifth stop, in Via Ghibellina at the corner with Via Verdi (second stop in Via Ghibellina). Walk towards Piazza Salvemini going back in Via Verdi, turning on the right and going straight until Salvemini Square and then continue straight in Via Fiesolana.
- On foot: from the station walk in the direction of Piazza del Duomo, along Via Cerretani. Walk across Piazza del Duomo and you will find Via dell'Oriuolo. Go straight until you reach Piazza Salvemini, turn left into Via Fiesolana. the hotel is on your left, number 1 (the blue building).