Recommended Hotel (Best Buy Hotel)
Built in 1850, this hotel comprises 4 floors with a total of 38 rooms. Facilities include a foyer with a 24-hour reception desk, a safe and a lift. There is also a bar, a TV room, a reading room and an air-conditioned restaurant to be taken advantage of within the hotel. Finally, a public Internet terminal is available for use and those arriving by car may make use of the public car park that is to be found 300 m from the hotel (for an additional fee). Room and laundry services round off the offerings and there are rooms available for non-smokers as well as maps of the city and various loungers on offer to guests.
Location
This elegant, family-run hotel is housed in an age-old palazzo that dates back to the 19th century and that lies directly beside the Arno River. It is approximately 15 minutes walk to the Basilica Santa Croce and to the Uffizi Palace with the hotel featuring a location between Lungarno and Santa Croce. The airport is some 10 km away and the centre (Piazza della Signoria) is 1 km from the hotel.
Rooms
The hotel boasts 38 air conditioned and soundproofed rooms, some of them have terrace, with full bathroom and hairdryer, Satellite TV, direct phone and safe. Rooms adapted for disabled use and non-smoking rooms are also available. Facilities include a bar, TV room, panoramic terrace, winter garden, off-premises garage with valet parking, and complimentary Wi-FI Internet access in public areas.
General
Enjoy clean modern rooms at affordable rates in the centre of Florence in the 3-star Hotel River, just a 10-minute walk to the Uffizi Gallery and Ponte Vecchio.