Hotel Balestri is located on one of the edge points of the ancient roman and medieval Florence, in the historical center on the bank of the Arno river, a few steps away from Ponte Vecchio and Uffizi Gallery. All tourist attractions within easy walking distance. The hotel is like a home for the guest, so he expects to be welcomed with his needs, his fears and his ´expectation of welcome´. The true hotelier knows that the meeting with a guest is something special, with its contradictions, its questions and answers, its relationships. This is the style and the bet for the staff at the Balestri today 46 rooms with air conditioning, bath/shower/toilet, safe, hair-dryer, satellite TV, direct guest dialling for international calls, mini bar. Sitting rooms, meeting room, bar, internet point, elevator, garage. Breakfast buffet.
Local places of interest
Within less than 1 km from the hotel • Ponte Vecchio and Uffizi Gallery
• Dome, Baptistry & Giotto´s Bell-tower
• Old Palace and Signoria square and Bargel
• Pitti Palace + Boboli´s garden
• Santa Croce Abbey
Within less than 10 km from the hotel • Accademy museum
• San Marco
• Congress center
• Santa Maria Novella
• Michelangelo square
Duration of the trip *
How to get there
Distance
on foot
by car
by public transportation
Taxi price *
Airport Peretola
11 Km
-
45 mn
60 mn
15 €
Airport Pisa - Galileo Galilei
90 Km
-
70 mn
120 mn
120 €
Train station Santa Maria...
2 Km
30 mn
30 mn
15 mn
-
Train station Firenze Cam...
5 Km
40 mn
15 mn
20 mn
-
Siena
70 Km
-
60 mn
90 mn
-
Pisa
90 Km
-
70 mn
110 mn
-
Lucca
50 Km
-
45 mn
80 mn
-
*Indicative values
Parking • Parking in hotel (payable) • Parking nearby (payable)
Hours • Rooms available from
: 2:00 PM • Rooms to be vacated by
: 12:00 PM
Hotel equipment • Elevator
• Safe at reception
• Common parts air-conditioned
• Fire doors in common parts
• Electronic smoke detectors
• Wifi Internet access in common parts (payable)
Hotel services • Newspapers available
• Reception desk open 24/7
• Multilingual staff
• Concierge service
• Baggage handler
• Dry cleaning service extra
• Pets allowed
Regarding the restaurant(s) • Breakfast in dining-room
• Breakfast in room
• 1 Bar - lounge
