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A fully restored 19th century Italian villa, the Villa Fiesole Hotel Florence offers modern, moderately priced accommodations in quiet, hillside location just one mile outside Florence. Surrounded by woods, the hotel has frescoed ceilings, a greenhouse, gardens, and a terrace offering panoramic views of Florence's cityscape. For onsite recreation during warmer months, escape the heat with a visit to the swimming pool. Each morning, guests can prepare for the day ahead with a visit to the complimentary breakfast buffet. Room service is also available. The villa also houses lounge perfect for relaxing with cocktails and enjoying conversation with traveling companions. Light meals are available through the lounge menu. For added convenience, the hotel offers onsite parking (fees may apply), concierge services, and same-day laundry service. There are 32 rooms at this hotel. Room decor features windows with drapes, dark wood furnishings, and special Italian touches. Standard amenities include air-conditioning, a private bathroom, cable television, and telephone.
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Villa Fiesole Hotel Property Information:
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Rooms:
32
Floors:
2
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- Dining
- Nonsmoking
- Swimming pool
- Pets allowed
- Dry cleaning
- Wheel chair access
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Driving Directions
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FROM NORTH LEAVE THE A1 HIGHWAY AT FIRENZE
NORD EXIT AND THEN FOLLOW THE SIGNS TO THE
CENTER OF FIRENZE. AFTER FOLLOW THE INDICATIONS
TO STADIO / FIESOLE AND CONTINUE ON THE HILL OF
FIESOLE.
FROM SOUTH THE EXIT FROM THE A1 HIGHWAY IS
FIRENZE SUD AND AFTER GO ON AS INDICATED ON VIA
MARCO POLO FOR 3 KM TILL YOU REACH A TRAFFIC
LIGHT. TURN LEFT ON LUNGARNO A. MORO AND AFTER
AROUND 500 MT FOLLOW THE INDICATIONS ON THE RIGHT
FOR STADIO / FIESOLE AND CONTINUE FOR FIESOLE.
THE HOTEL IS LOCATED ON THE MAIN STREET THAT
LINKS FLORENCE TO FIESOLE 800 MT BEFORE THE MAIN
SQUARE OF FIESOLE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
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Nearby Attractions
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6 Prato
32 Monteriggioni
16 Pistoia
6 Fiesole
35 Volterra
6 Scandicci
21 Montecatini Terme
2 Calenzano
19 Greve
0 Sesto Fiorentino
20 Reggello
FLR 4
5 Florence
27 San Gimignano
29 Colle Di Val D Elsa
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Restaurants
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Restaurant in Its Elegant and Welcoming
Breakfast-Room, and During the Warm Season On the
Panaromic Terrace Overlooking Florence, you Will
Be Offered a Refined and Sumptuous Buffet Which
Provides a Very Pleasant Way To Start the Day.
Also Open For a Light Lunch. For Dinner We Offer
a Full Menu With Exquisite Tuscan Cuisine.
Bar Service Guests May Also Avail of the Villa
Fiesole Hotels Bar Service.
in Fact We Highly Recommend To Have a Cocktail On
the Terrace At Sunset, or Savouring Our Superb
Cuisine by Candlelight, With an Enchanting View
Over Florence At Dusk
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Florence Events & Entertainment
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For upcoming events, shows, theater, exhibitions, and other entertainment, look for one of the events magazines, like Events in Florence and Tuscany bimonthly and very good, sometimes at newsstands and Vista. Another free magazine is Concierge Information, full of good bilingual hints and tips. At the Via Cavour tourist office you can also pick up the free Firenze Avventimenti events brochure, giving facts about each major event for the year, including contact 055 numbers. Also the free "Informacittà" monthly pamphlet.
Jan. 5-6:
Epiphany Celebrations. Roman Catholic Epiphany celebrations and decorations are evident throughout the area.
Easter:
The Easter Sunday Scoppio del Carro, or "Explosion of the Cart," is the eruption of a cartful of fireworks in the Cathedral Square, set off by a mechanical dove released from the altar during High Mass.
Late April.-Early July:
The Florence May Music Festival is the oldest and most prestigious Italian festival of the performing arts.
Late June:
Soccer Games in 16th Century Costume, commemorate a match played in 1530. Festivities include fireworks displays.
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Florence Destination Overview
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Florence (Firenze in Italian) is the capital of the region of Tuscany, on Italy's northwest coast. Florence is a small city, located in the Arno River valley, and surrounded by olive-planted hills on the north and south. It extends west and slightly east along the Arno valley with suburbs and light industry. The centro storico (historic center), where visitors spend most of their time, is a tight tangle of medieval streets and piazze (squares). Most of Florence, and the majority of the tourist sites, lie north of the river, within a vintage artisan's working-class neighborhood wedged between the Arno and the hills on the south side.
The center is encircled by a traffic ring of wide boulevards, known as the Viali, that were created in the late 1800s by tearing down the city's medieval walls. Since the 14th century the cultural heart of the city has been the Piazza della Signoria with the Palazzo Vecchio (Town Hall), the Uffizi Gallery and a large number of publicly displayed world famous sculptures. In the Renaissance period, Florence was one of the most powerful and influential of the city states. The wealthy and powerful de' Medici family ruled the city almost continuously from 1434 to 1743 and had a great influence on the architecture and arts. They built many palaces and commissioned such artists as Michelangelo to design and decorate them.
In fact, Florence is called the capital of the arts. From the 13th to the 16th century it was a seemingly endless source of creative masterpieces and Italian genius. Both Dante and Michelangelo were born there. Boccaccio wrote his 'Decameron' in Florence. The Italian Renaissance (Europe's richest cultural period ) began in Florence when the artist Brunelleschi finished the Duomo, the cathedral, with the huge dome.
Florence is also a city of incomparable indoor pleasures. Its chapels, galleries and museums are an inexhaustible treasure, capturing the complex, often elusive spirit of the Renaissance more fully than any other place in the country. Florence is a walking city. Visitors can take a leisurely stroll between the two most often visited sights, the Duomo and the Uffizi, in less than five minutes. The walk from the most northerly point, San Marco with its Fra' Angelico frescoes and the Accademia with Michelangelo's David, to the most southerly, the Pitti Palace across the Arno, should take no more than 30 minutes.
From Santa Maria Novella rail station across town to Santa Croce is an easy 20 to 30 minute walk. Most of the streets were designed to handle the moderate pedestrian traffic and occasional horse-drawn cart of a medieval city. Sidewalks, where they exist, are narrow; often less than two feet wide. Though much of the centro storico is supposedly closed to traffic, taxis, residents with parking permits, people without permits who drive there anyway, and the endless stream of noisy motorini (mopeds) still enter, drive and park. Planning is extremely important when visiting Florence.
Most visitors come to the city with a common purpose: to spend hours viewing and absorbing the beauty and wonder of Florentine works of art and architecture. However, trying to pack too much into a single, brief visit can result in cultural overload. Florence is not the choice of those seeking a seaside resort or a holiday with small children. Older children, well disciplined, and well prepared, can benefit from accompanying their parents on a tour of the museums, palaces, and churches, but interest for most youngsters will rapidly wane in the crush of crowds and intense heat of the small city. Adult tempers will fray as well.
Boboli Gardens can provide a respite from the heat and activity, but the landscaped grounds of the Pitti Palace are designed to rest the eyes and delight the imagination. It is not primarily a playground. Festivals, shopping, feasts for the senses along every street, in every square, and in every museum: these are the gifts Florence offers to the visitor. Tuscany is known for its fine culinary traditions - in particular, its olive oil, meat dishes and classic Chianti. Restaurants of every type, offering bills of fare ranging from fast food to world-class cuisine abound, and there are clusters of little cafés in every neighborhood.
Tuscan food is simple and excellent with a variety of bean dishes, soups, pork dishes, grilled meats and vegetables. Fine Tuscan wines accompany the meal. The Tuscan economy is rooted in craft traditions. The top designers of Milan use the textile factories of Florence for the execution of their designs. Gold working has been perfected over the centuries in workshops near the Ponte Vecchio, where jewelry is produced that is sold throughout Europe.
Visitors will find a beautiful assortment of leather goods, including shoes, as well. Marbled paper, handmade perfumes and toiletries, decorative ceramic pieces, and sculpture are also locally produced.
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