Hotels Zona Osservatorio

See locations in MAP and notes below.

Istituto Gould (guest house). Tel: +39 055212576, Fax: +39 055280274
Via dei Serragli 49, 50124 Firenze
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web: http://www.istitutogould.it

xB=41, xsB=36, xxB=54(rooms on road) or 58(internal), xxsB=50

Notes: no phone in room (it is possible to receive calls through reception desk). Booking: only advance payment by bank or post, or TL, no c/card. Reception desk: Mon-Fri 8.45-13/15-19.30, Sat 9-13.30/14.30-18.00, sun/holidays closed. Cars: go to garage Porta Romana in Via dei Serragli 212r.

Comment: the cheapest one but tidy, close to the historical centre, difficult for cars.

Fiorenza Bed & Breakfast Tel: +39 0552322183, Fax: +39 0299986474, Cell Ph: +39 3355419142.
Via Grecchi 36, 50125 Firenze
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web: http://www.fiorenzabb.it

No xB, DUS=60, xxB=70, xxxB=80 (all prices obviously B/B)

Notes: no smoking rooms only.

Comment: small (just four rooms), cheap but highly refined lodging, as visible from its web site. Service is accurate, and all rooms have satellite TV and air conditioning, while a web connection is available in the common room. Opened in 2003, extremely quiet and silent, offers also a fresh garden during summer. Easy parking (three places in a closed area plus space in the quiet road) and easy to reach by car, with also a number of car services at close distance, but not very near to the centre (with anyway a bus stop close by).

Hotel Boboli (**). Tel: +39 0552298645, +39 0552336518, Fax: +39 0552337169
Via Romana 63, 50125 Firenze
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web: http://www.hotelboboli.com

DUS=70B/B, xx=79B/B (90B/B high season)

Notes: no single rooms.

Comment: good prices, closer than the other ones to the historical centre. The area is off limits but cars are allowed by the police to directly reach the hotel and give their plate number to the reception desk that will then communicate this data to the police. To keep the car during the night there is a nearby garage at 15 euro/24 hrs.

Villa Agape (guest house, nuns S.Margherita a Montici). Tel: +39 055220044, Tel/Fax: +39 0552337012.
Via Torre del Gallo 8, 50125 Firenze
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web: http://www.villaagape.it/it/index.php

x=74 B/B, xx=104 B/B (low season); x=124 B/B, xx=144 B/B

Comment: private parking, green area, free Wifi, shuttle bus from/to down town, concierge service (italian, german, english and french)

Hotel Classic (***). Tel: +39 055229351, Fax: +39 055229353
Viale Machiavelli 25, 50125 Firenze
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web: http://www.classichotel.it

x=70(78B/B), DUS=80(88B/B), xx=105(121B/B)

Notes: ring up hotel when back later than 01.00 am

Comment: very elegant, green area, perfect position, very close to Porta Romana square (i.e. midway between the observatory and the historical centre), private parking, easy to reach any way.

Hotel Villa Betania (***). Tel/Fax: +39 055222243, +39 0554640066.
Viale del Poggio Imperiale 23, 50125 Firenze.
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web: http://www.villabetania.it

x=93B/B, xx=115B/B, DUS=93

Comment: very good to reach by car, private parking, green area, the closest to the Observatory, not very close to the historical centre.