Bed & Breakfast Residenza Cantagalli - Florence

8.1

Everything was in accordance with the presentation. As a breakfast we had a coffee with a croissant in the bar nearby. It is 15 minutes walking from the Ponte Vecchio. The only problem was an owful smell of bathroom, caused by an electronic clouset, so I don't advise you to book a small twin room which has separated entrance from the main apartment. The rooms in the main apartment are completely acceptable and nice!

10

It was far more then expected. A really nice room and very close to the city centre. The owners were very kind and helpful

0.6

The Residenza Cantagalli is an apartment in the second floor of a 30-years old building. It is not a real B&B. In the description of the Property Facilities in venere.com, the following items are not valid: Historic Building (by no means), Free Parking (I paid 15 euros to park my car in a nearby parking, I kept the receipt). Multilingual staff (the staff was only one person, the owner, who did not speak English). Booking via venere.com, I paid 76 euros per night to the owner. However, the price behind the door of the room was much lower (I took a photo of it).

8.3

Good place

7.7

About 15 minutes on foot from the historic center. Nice owner.

8.0

The location is very convenient 15 min walking from Ponte vecchio nice area & easy to get by bus The aparment very nice clean , nice bathroom , large enough with frige . The owners very nice people & try to help everything they could even that they just speak Italian .

7.8

Piccolo ma carino, per chi non ha troppe pretese e vuole spendere poco. Vicinissimo a Porta Romana, a 5 minuti a piedi dal centro. Il parcheggio è gratis nella zona, nella via dell'albergo è praticamente impossibile trovarlo. Comunque lo si trova a massimo 2 isolati di distanza. C'è da dire che è un B&B ma la colazione funziona in questa maniera: chiavetta con credito per il distributore che c'è nell'atrio. Buon rapporto qualità prezzo. Le camere sono rumorose: essendo stanze di una casa si sente al di là.Non adatto per vacanze lunghe.

6.8

I had read in the reviews that the bathrooms smelled like crap; it was true at least in our bedroom, thanks whoever did that review!!, although water pressure in the shower was great, good hotel, the shitty smell sucked and the breakfast was good if we would have had it the week before...it was pretty much airplane croissant but old and a small machine coffee a day (they also had some juice and yogurt that wasn't bad at all)...it wasn't like the end of the world, just not great, I would still go back to this B&B.

6.7

Not a bad place

7.6

The Residenza was a very nice place, but not to easy to find,as it is in an appartment building. They have made everything as handy as possible.

8.6

A good location from some 15-20 walking from Arno river. Nice employee but advice him on yuor exact arrival as they are not permanently there. Simple but clean rooms! Good price vs qulaity ratio

6.5

Semplice e carino..ci siamo trovati molto bene. La zona non è centralissima, ma la fermata del bus è a 5 minuti. Lo consigliamo!

8.6

My family and I had a peasant 1 night stay. The property is an apartment that has been converted for use as a small 4 room 'hotel'. Do not expect any visible sign from the street that you are at the right place! There is a small public area but it is a walk-through area and not a place in which to linger. The hotel was relatively good value. The plumbing in the toilet was bizarre and inadequate (but I choose not to dwell on that!). Staff were very friendly. Helpful copies of guides to Florence were provided for the use of guests. It is an easy and pleasant walk from the old town to the property (located a few hundred meters from Porta Romagna (a Roman Gate to the old town) and close to a beautiful public garden. Recommended.

10

The appartments are very close to the center..about 15 min walking.A beautiful property and more than we expected.The owner is a nice man.We highly recommend it to anyone!!!!!

8.7

Fantastic frescae on the walls. Close to the centre.

9.6

Our hostess Roberta was friendly and very eager to please. We found her advise very valuable. Our stay was fantastic and we would recommend our accommodation to anyone visiting Florence and hope to return in the near future. Thanks again Roberta.

10

A beautiful property and more than we expected our grateful thanks for to the owners for their gracious welcome and wonderful facilities.

9.4

The room was clean and spacious and the breakfast facilities were adequate. My only complaint is the toilet facilities. This is due to the fact that you weren't even allowed to put soiled paper in the toilet. Also the processor for the toilet was in a neighbouring room and was extremely noisy as it served the entire apartment. There was also an odour coming from this as all of the waste water from the basin and the shower also went through the same processor. Overall the room was very good and the owner went out of her way to make us welcome and ensure our stay in Florence was enjoyable.

9.9

Roberta gives a warm welcome and offers a lot of useful information to help your stay go well

7.1

We stayed 2 nights. The room decoration is very nice. furniture is good. very kind to show us travel ways and tips once we arrived. but unfortunately, there were no breakfast, no change of rubblish bin, no change of cloths in bathroom, no renew of bed at the second day...

9.8

Roberta was a wonderful hostess. She made sure we had everything we needed. The room and the bathroom was very clean and spacious. The walls are a little thin and we could hear our neighbors, but it wasn't much of a problem because our neighbors were quiet. The location was easy to find and the neighborhood safe. Breakfast was decent, selfserve, pastry, bread, jam and butter, yogurt, juice, water, coffee and tea. You get a water boiler and a fridge so you can buy stuff.

8.8

Pulito, carino, gentilissimi e disponibili i propretari. Perfetto per un weekend.

3.6

My fiancee and i stayed in many places all booked on venere while travelling through italy, france, england,etc for three weeks. we are an easy going young couple. this place was horrible. the in room bathroom smelled like sewage the whole time we were there. there was no hot water so we ended up using the shared bathroom. it was so noisy that even with ear plugs it didnt matter that much. please dont make the same mistake we did. pay an extra 20 euro and at least get some sleep.

8.6

We realy enjoyed our stay at Residenza Cantagalli, with hosts Roberta Nanni and Jannis Binelis. Roberta answered e-mails regularly before the trip, helped with museum reservations, and gave us much needed tourist advice. Both hosts, and their son, who helps with check-in arrangements, spoke very good English and were very accommodating. Our room was very large and comfortable, and a real value for Florence. The value was bought at a slight inconvenience in location (Porta Romana area was 20 minutes from downtown Florence by bus), but there were excellent restaurant choices in the area, and bus access was very frequent. We stayed a total of six nights, and found nearby free parking on a side street for the days we had a rental car and were touring the Tuscan countryside. The only minor complaints were a small hot water heater (short showers mandatory) and a self-service breakfast with instant coffee in the room (we were spoiled by more elaborate B&B breakfasts in Rome and Venice, but in much more expensive properties, so we took the modest breakfast as on-par for a very modestly priced room). If you stay here, have dinner at nearby Ristorante Da Ruggero - excellent food!

9.6

the location is ok if you're willing to take the bus (stops nearby) into the city as the walk is a bit too long esp in inclement weather. (helpful to get a bus map/schedule prior to going to the residenza.) the room itself and the food (yogurt, packaged pastry goods and condiments, coffee, juice, and a few bottled water) were convenient to have in the room. however, the noise from flushing the toilet is very loud esp in the middle of the night and there is a showerbox. hosts were very nice and arrangements for arrival is important (as they state) since they do not live on the premises. fortunate for us, the mechanic across the street was kind to assist us.

7.9

While just outside the city gates, R.C. is a long walk from the tourist core of Florence. Bus service is consistent, but it stops at 9:45 to 10:15 depending upon the station. The walk from the train station is 45-60 minutes with bags. The rooms and service are great, but the plug in toilets leak sewer gases.

8.9

This place is located outside the city walls of Florence in a relatively quiet neighborhood. It is within walking distance of the Porta Romana which has bus stops from which you can get into the city much faster than the pretty long route on foot. It is very close to the Pitti Palace. There are a lot of quaint restaruants in the area along with some small stores and a necessary gelateria! The owner is a nice man who was very helpful. Our room was clean, but we are used to having our beds made each day which did not really bother us, but may be a problem for other people. The bathroom was extremely small and the shower was difficult for me to use because I have a knee problem and had to step up about a foot to get into it. Also, the toilet was a pretty primitive thing. Signs on the wall in the bathroom, told us to not flush anything down the toilet including used toilet tissue. This was a bit of a gross out for us. The breakfast was some yogurt and juice boxes in the small fridge in the room and some prepackaged croissants etc. Coffee drinkers will have to boil water in the electric pot provided in the room. All of this is done by the guests themselves, as the owner does not live on the premises. He did give us his number to use if we had any problems etc. The place was a little noisy early at night, but quieted down later. We would reccomend this B&B to anyone who is looking for a good value outside of the city walls, and who is not planning to spend much time in their room, or requiring a better breakfast than we described.

9.2

The rooms were great if a little eccentric (paintings. An excellent location - a lovely walk - about 20 minutes - to the centre. Clean and bright rooms and excellent value. Only problems were not having any english language TV, an electric WC device which required extra sensitive handling and a shockingly loud extractor fan in the bathroom which came on with the light. For a short weekend stay none of these were a problem but for anything more they would become both an irritant and possibly unpleasant (WC.

9.9

Very quiet at night, so we had a good restful sleep. The owners were very friendly and warm. They made us feel very welcome and took good care of us. Would stay there again.

9.2

Our hosts were very welcoming and offered information on where to eat, transport links and provided a map. The room was clean and spacious and the breakfast was very good (pastries, toast, juice, yoghurt). Facilities were great (fridge in room, kettle, hairdryer). The only gripe we have is that the en suite toilet was of such a nature that you could not flush toilet paper and had to bin it. This resulted in an awful smell which permeated through to the bedroom. Besides that, we had a good stay.

3.1

On the night we arrived, the owners demanded money for the full stay up front-- never a good sign. They also requested that we not throw toilet tissue into the toilet, which seemed a reasonable reques at the time-- we assumed that the trash would be emptied or we would be provided with some means of empying it ourselves. No such luck-- we never saw the owners again. After three days, the smell was appalling. Definitely not recommended.

4.1

One set of towels for 4 nights, breakfast was a pot of water and a packaged roll in a basket in your room.Piano took up most of the room.Very dissapointing. The location was excellent and the room was quiet.Parking was a long distance away.Also bed spread was dirty.

8.9

El local es muy agradable y la atención de los propietarios lo hacen muy acogedor. Buena calidad y relación entre los servicios ofrecidos y los recibidos.

9.8

The rooms are very nice and a good size- it is located pretty far from the center of town but easily accessible by bus or taxi- or a 30 minute walk! The breakfast is packaged rolls and juice but this was expected and gave us the freedom to eat when we wished.

8.1

Rezidenza Cantagalli and the owners were fantastic. The only drawback was an odor in the bathroom.

5.9

we stayed for two nights at the residenza. the informations, we got from mr. nanni were very helpful and kind. our room was small, a little bit dirty but nice - decorated with mr. binelis paitings. they are VERY special and mr. binelis thought, we were making fun of them (we really laughed about the beds and not about the paintings. anyway, after our laughing he was very reserved, almost impolite.

9.8

A very pleasant stay. Roberta and Jannis are very nice hosts, giving useful information. Besides the fridge's noise there is no other, so the area is quiet and the distance 15-20 mins to Ponte Vechio if you walk calmly. We would like to stay again in residence Cantagalli. There is a free parking 5-7 mins near the residence.

8.9

We had a very warm welcome and were helped with our bags. The rooms are beautifully decorated with a lovely en suite bathroom adn air conditioning. We were delighted to find that there was a fridge full of food - breakfast for the next few days; fruit juice, yoghurt, mineral water, milk, jam and butter. There was also tea and coffee plus kettle, croissants, bread and pastries. There are not many shops nearby to buy food but there are several bancomats and its only 10 or 15 minutes from the centre. There isn't much of a view but these things are more than made up for by the B&B itself. An excellent choice.

10

We very much enjoyed the stay in Firenze, thank to the great welcome we had from our host in R.C. We were extremely pleased with the way we were looked after and I am very proud of finding this accomodation with www.venere.com. I strongly recommend hotel "Residenza Cantagalli" for a pleasent stay in Firenze.

9.1

I have stayed here on my own for 2 nights -2 years running - the great thing about staying a mile away from the river is that you are in a non-tourist area. There is a bar at the end of the street and plenty of small shops to buy food at excellent prices. There is also a small market by the Porta Romana where you can get fresh fruit. The drawbacks are minor - the area is so quiet that the sound of Fridge in room switching on and off in hot weather disturbed me and the rooms are probably on small side if you were staying there for a week. The big plus was permanent hot water in a powerful shower. I plan to stay here again for a couple of nights in 2005.

7.7

I had a good stay at Residenza Cantagalli. It was good value for the money. It was a good location, and although not located in the centre, it was very near, with good bus service and neighbourhood shops nearby. It should be mentioned that this is not a traditional B & B. There are no owners or managers on the premises, and they can only be contacted by phoning them from a pay phone nearby. The room was modern, spacious and comfortable, with its own refrigerator. Breakfast was self-serve, and as far as I'm concerned it would be better not to have it at all. There are nearby cafes where one can have a good inexpensive Italian breakfast. In essence this was a rented room in an apartment building, wonderful for what it was (even had a balcony), but people expecting traditional bed and breakfast atmosphere should look somewhere else.

9.8

We had a very nice stay at this place; the room was big and clean and the walls had fine art, made by the owner of the place, all over. There was a ten minute walk from the room to Ponte Vecchio, and five minutes more to the Duomo. A very good location. We felt very welcome at Residenza Cantagalli! We will recomend this place for any traveller!

8.4

was very nice, easy busconnction to downtown, the big boboli garden is in walking distance, so a very nice stay, the hostess was vey good in providing all the info about the sightseeings and all. very pleasant stay.

5.9

In a lovely location, close enough to the city centre and easy to get about by bus if you didn't fancy the walk. The decor in the room was... Startling... and a little dark, and the bathroom tiny but overall a pleasant stay.

7.8

The owners were very helpfull and welcoming; they provided good information regarding neighbouhood restaurants and shopping places, cost and schedule of transportation. The room was clean, but a bit noisy (from adjacent bathroom). We found the location to be actually further than expected, but well connectad to the city by public transportation. Breakfast was provided, but not actually served (as it is currently understood by the B&B designation), the "do it yourself" type of setting being a little bit more time consuming. Overall the stay was pleasant.

9.9

It was a pleasant stay. Thanks a lot, Roberta!!

9.7

We loved it here at the Rezidenza Cantigalli. Roberta was extremely helpful in showing us how to get around Florence and finding good places to eat, see, do laundry, internet, etc. The location was close enough to all the tourist areas but far enough to not feel like it. The area was extremely quiet. And we loved the murals and the piano in our room. We'd come back to this place and highly recommend it to anyone.

9.5

A good address, a little away from the center but the walk is not unpleasant at all, it's about 10 minutes from the touristic center. Offers a different vision of Florence than the one you'd have if you remained in the touristic center. Clean and decent. The hosts don't live there, so don't expect too much service, but they have a good selection of leaflets and brochures at your disposal.

8.8

We had a beautiful stay in Villa Cantagalli. Our room was far better than what we expected. Excellent by all means

6.9

The aspect we liked most was the kindness of our guests especially in providing us with info on how to reach the facility and how to move around Florence. Unfortunately our guests do not live in the same facility and therefore it is not so easy to have a direct speech (only via phone). Rooms are only made once a week (i.e. you have to make daily houswork as making your bad, cleaning bath, throwing trash). On the check-out day you cannot leave your baggage after 11 a.m. and if you leave Florence in the evening/night, you have to rely on public baggage deposit.