Charming, great service and locationPosted: Sat, Jun 09 2007Location:
5Rooms:
3.8Service:
3.8Value:
5Stayed for the weekend in this charming hotel. I chose this hotel because it looked charming, centrally located at the same time easy to get to from the ring road. You can park your car for a few minutes in front of the hotel when you arrive and check in. Then they will call the garage to pick it up. When you enter the city center, you will see street cameras because the zone is ZTL zona traficco limitato - the hotel will take your plate number and they will call the ZTL authorities to cancel your 'ticket' for entering the city. The 24 hour parking is about 25Euros which is standard for most Florence central hotels, you can extend for a few hours where they charge about an additional 2.5Euro per hour. Our room was nicely decorated - like an old palazzo and we had a view of the cathedral. I liked the interior of the breakfast room as well, breakfast was basic. The most I liked about this hotel was the service staff. They were also very nice to let us keep our room free of charge until 3PM since it was still the low season. If you are sensitive to noise, do ask for a room at the back, you wont get a view but it will shield you from the street noise and from the bar across the street. Regarding the 'smell' in the elevator foyer from other reviews, it never bothered us as it was hardly noticeable. If I had not read the reviews, I wouldnt even know it was there. Location was also great, right beside the duomo, close to everything. Overall, great value, nice experience.