Italy - Tuscany

Hotel Botticelli

A Karen Brown Recommended Hotel / Inn

Hosts: Fabrizio & Janet Gheri Via Taddea 8 50123-Florence (FI) Italy Visit Website Contact Property Request Reservation Information

Karen's Review Of This Property:

Another nice discovery in the category of small, renovated hotels in Florence is the Botticelli, hidden away on a narrow back street behind the Central Market. Many original features of this 16th-century building, once a private home, have been preserved including evidence of a tiny alley that divided the two now-united buildings. Guests enter into a painted, vaulted reception area appointed with large blue and gold armchairs and side sitting room. Other architectural features so typical of the Renaissance period in Florence are the austere gray stone doorways, beamed ceilings in bedrooms, and the delightful open loggia terrace on the second floor lined with terracotta vases of cascading red geraniums. The bedrooms are situated on the three upper floors, with two being up in the mansard and enjoying the best views, and are comfortably and practically decorated with clean wooden furniture and an occasional antique piece blending well with the pea-green fabrics. A full buffet breakfast is offered in the breakfast room with bar just behind the reception area. All the necessary modern amenities such as air conditioning, elevator, modern telephone system, and satellite TV were incorporated during the recent renovation. Fabrizio and his American wife, Janet, run two other hotels in Florence, one being the Villa Carlotta near Piazzale Michelangelo. Very helpful staff.

Located along these Karen Brown Itineraries:

Romantic Tuscany
Italian Highlights by Train & Boat

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Credit Cards Welcome: ALL MAJOR
34 Rooms, Double Occupancy: €100.00 - €240.00*
Minimum Stay Required: 3 nights during fairs & New Year

Open: all year

Phone: (055) 290905   Fax: (055) 294322

Directions: The hotel is one block north of Piazza San Lorenzo and the Medici Chapels.

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