Carolus Hotel - Florence

Via XXVII Aprile 3 - 50129 Florence

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€ 196

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Average guest rating:

8.5

8.5 ( 28 Hotel Reviews )
  • Cleanliness of rooms
  • Quietness of rooms
  • Spaciousness of rooms
  • Quality of service provided
  • Hotel surroundings
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  • 8.58.5
  • 8.18.1
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  • 8.08.0
Jose M. has stayed here and says:

 ‹‹ All answers are "excellent" and we really mean it. It is not just courtesy. Thank you.››

24 Apr 2003 read hotel reviews
HOTEL OVERVIEW
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The Carolus Hotel, housed in a neoclassical building built in 1865, is located on the edge of the historic city centre of Florence, near the beautiful Piazza della Santissima Annunziata and not far from the Duomo. All of the city's major sights and monuments can be easily reached by bus or on foot.

A recent major renovation has provided the hotel with every modern comfort to satisfy the requirements of its guests. It features finely decorated and comfortable interiors and rooms, wonderful panoramic views over the city and a welcoming and relaxing atmosphere.

The hotel also acts as an ideal base for those visiting the city on business thanks to its proximity to the Palazzo dei Congressi, the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, the railway station and the ring road giving access to the motorways and the airport.
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LOCATION
Hotel Carolus Hotel - City Area:San Lorenzo
City Area:San Lorenzo
Hotel Carolus Hotel - City Area:San Lorenzo
Position of the zone in the city
Hotel Carolus Hotel - City Area:San Lorenzo
General map
 
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GUEST ROOMS
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The hotel features 53 comfortable and spacious single, double and triple bedrooms, each featuring private bathroom.

All of the accommodations are equipped with direct dial phone, individually controlled air conditioning, satellite TV, modem plug, safety deposit box and mini bar.

Most of the rooms offer splendid panoramic views over the city or the beautiful hills of nearby Fiesole.

  • Direct dial phone
  • Heating
  • Individually controlled air conditioning
  • Internet plug
  • Mini bar
  • Non-smoking rooms available upon request
  • Safe
  • Satellite TV
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    BREAKFAST
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    A buffet breakfast is served in the breakfast room between 7 a.m. and 10.30 a.m.
    HOTEL FACILITIES
  • Credit card accepted
  • Groups welcome
  • Laundry service
  • Lift/elevator
  • Recently renovated
  • Room service - 24 hour
  • City maps
  • Front desk - 24 hour
  • Front desk - fax service
  • Luggage room
  • Multilingual staff
  • Newspapers
  • Tourist information
  • Conference room
  • Garage
  • Bar
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    HOTEL REVIEWS
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 9.8
    Guest type: Mature couple
    stayed in Mar 2008
    Our visit in February-March 2008 was our fourth stay at this hotel. The Carolus is convenient to, and within walking distance of, Florence's major sights. The staff, as on prior visits, helped us to book scheduled museum visits before our arrival and made us feel welcome - as if returning to friends - rather than serving with cold formality. Apart from occasional celebrants in the street, the hotel is pleasantly quiet. Breakfasts are tasty and ample. Good restaurants near the central market are only short blocks away.
    Guest name: DM, United Kingdom
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 8.8
    Guest type: Mature couple
    stayed in Oct 2007
    Excellent value for the money! Baths are spacious and clean. The staff is friendly and helpful. Ask for a room away from the street-side of the hotel if noise is an issue.
    Guest name: JA, USA
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 8.3
    Guest type: Family with older children
    stayed in Sep 2007
    Good hotel, although a bit expensive for the quality of service provided: I´d say it´s actually an upper three-stars hotel. Many restaurants in the surrounding areas
    Guest name: JM, Spain
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 8.1
    Guest type: Young couple
    stayed in Jul 2007
    Very pleased with Hotel Carolus, stay was pleasant and request to stay on top floor was granted - good views. Location was good and quiet and close to San Lorenzo markets for great handbag shopping!
    Guest name: Samantha Spencer, United Kingdom
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 9.9
    Guest type: Mature couple
    stayed in Mar 2007
    This was our second stay at the Carolus. We had so much enjoyed our previous visit over New Years 06-07 that we returned for a quick four nights to celebrate a birthday. Reading our passports, the reception staff recognised the birthday and - quite spontaneously - provided wine and glasses. We enjoyed the comfort, the ambience, and the excellent service and will return to this superb hotel at our earliest opportunity.
    Guest name: David Mayer, United Kingdom
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 8.8
    Guest type: Single traveller
    stayed in Dec 2006
    Large lounges available to customers, free internet WiFi connection
    Guest name: SG, Switzerland
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 7.5
    Guest type: Single traveller
    stayed in Nov 2006
    Hotel buono, uniche note di demerito: la colazione, appena sufficiente; l'assenza di un internet point. Per il resto tutto ok.
    Guest name: Giovanni Russo, Italy
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 9.1
    Guest type: Family with older children
    stayed in Jul 2006
    Satisfactory hotel near the old town of Florence. Very bad directions how to approach by car, even in the hotel's homepage. Everything else was as expected of a 4* hotel.
    Guest name: MARIA PSILOU, Greece
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 8.3
    Guest type: Family Group
    stayed in May 2006
    All the employees went out of their way to be helpful except the dark-haired desk clerk who was obnoxious and did nothing to be helpful and was barely courteous. Too bad since we enjoyed everything else. (Be sure to NOT get the handicapped room - unless of course you need it.)
    Guest name: Doug Richardson, USA
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 9.2
    Guest type: Single leisure traveller
    stayed in Oct 2005
    This is a good, well managed hotel. It corresponds nicely with what is presented on the website.
    Guest name: Charles Johnson, USA
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 9.6
    Guest type: Heterosexual Couple
    stayed in Oct 2005
    Hotel staff was very friendly and helpful. Great location, room was HUGE, but the bed was a little lumpy. Breakfast was standard euro, but good.
    Guest name: JJ, USA
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 7.7
    Guest type: Couple with children
    stayed in Jul 2005
    This hotel was very nice for the price but the location was extremely difficult to find. It was out of the way and a bit noisey.
    Guest name: Timothy Martinson, USA
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 8.9
    Guest type: Heterosexual Couple
    stayed in Jul 2005
    Employees were very nice and so helpful. We were welcome with a wonderful room with a bottle of wine for our honeymoon. Would definitely recommend the place to anyone who wants to visit Florence. Diane did an excellent job in making us feel very welcom. She recommeded an awesome restaurant for our first night in Florence!
    Guest name: Cherry Lane, USA
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 9.9
    Guest type: Heterosexual Couple
    stayed in Apr 2005
    Ma femme et moi , sommes satisfaits de cet hotel, de l'accueil et des services. Service Parking rapide, et efficace. Un hotel bien situé pour le touriste en voiture, facile d'accés et bien placé. Merci venere !
    Guest name: LB, France
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 9.7
    Guest type: Heterosexual Couple
    stayed in Nov 2004
    Everything was good or very good.
    Guest name: Heinrich Vogel, Germany
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 8.9
    Guest type: Single leisure traveller
    stayed in Oct 2004
    A lovely hotel near the center of town. Its position is a real advantage, because it's close enough for a short walk to the major monuments, but is far enough away from the hustle-bustle to allow for relaxation when needed. The staff was delightful, friendly, and helpful in all matters. My only criticism is that the hotel seems to need a paint job: there were scuff marks just about everywhere. But the hotel deserves its 4 stars.
    Guest name: WT, USA
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 8.7
    Guest type: Single leisure traveller
    stayed in Mar 2004
    I can recommend this hotel.The rooms were clean and quiet and the staff were friendly. I was on the top floor and had a lovely view of the surrounding hills. My only complaint is the map supplied from the venere website. This indicated that the hotel was in the duomo area of Florence - in fact the hotel is around a kilometre away from where the map suggests (in the SS Anunziata?). Although, in my opinion, the actual location of the hotel (the university area) is more pleasant than the duomo area, I wasted a lot of time wandering around with a heavy bag trying to find it. The map you can obtain from the Carolus website itself is correct.
    Guest name: Andrew Sunderland, United Kingdom
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 10.0
    Guest type: Family Group
    stayed in Apr 2003
    All answers are "excellent" and we really mean it. It is not just courtesy. Thank you.
    Guest name: Jose M. Valls, Spain
    Average rating: Hotel Carolus Hotel Florence - Venere.com 9.2
    Guest type: Not Specified
    stayed in Sep 2002
    No view from room. We were looking out into a concrete well area but were not in the room much except at night so it did'nt matter that much.
    Guest name: MICHAEL SHERIDAN, USA
    MAP
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    HOW TO REACH THE HOTEL
    By car
    From the highway, take any Firenze exit and follow the indications towards the Fortezza da Basso, very close to the hotel.

    By train
    The hotel is situated around 1.5 km from the Santa Maria Novella railway station and can be reached on foot, by taxi or by bus.
    On foot from the station, turn right into viale Fratelli Rosselli, then left after around 600 metres into via Cosimo Ridolfi. The hotel is situated around 150 metres after piazza dell'Indipendenza.

    By airplane
    The Firenze-Amerigo Vespucci airport is situated around 5 km from the structure. Take the bus to the Santa Maria Novella railway station and follow the aforementioned indications.
     
    TRANSPORT SERVICES
  • Garage
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    Guests are entitled to discounted parking at a nearby outdoor garage.
    HOTEL
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    ROOMS
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    HOTEL FACILITIES
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    bar
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    lounge
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    The bar offers a cosy and intimate atmosphere to sip a drink or a cocktail.
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    HOTEL POLICIES
    METHODS OF PAYMENT
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    CHECK-IN & CHECK-OUT
    Check-in:
    the rooms are available at any time after 2 p.m.
    Check-out: it is necessary to leave the rooms not later than 10.30 a.m.

    INCLUDED/NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE
    Parking is not included in the price and costs around €26,00 per night.
    Breakfast is included in the price.
     
    CANCELLATION POLICY
    You may cancel your reservation without penalty up until 2 days before your arrival date, by accessing the Your Reservations page. You cannot cancel your reservation if you selected and booked a non refundable or prepaid rate.