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Albergo Merlini Frommer's Highly Recommended

Via Faenza 56, Florence 50123
Rates from
$51.00+
Frommer's ReviewMap It
Location 3rd floor, Between Santa Maria Novella & Mercato Centrale
Transportation Bus: 7, 10, 11, 12, 25, 31, 32, or 33
Phone 055-212-848
Fax 055-283-939
Web site www.hotelmerlini.it
Room Information 10 units, 6 with bathroom
Prices 55€-80€ double without bathroom; 60€-100€ double with bathroom; 75€-150€ triple without bathroom; 85€-180€ quad with bathroom. Breakfast 6€
Credit Cards MC, V
In Room Amenities Hair dryer on request, no phone

Albergo Merlini Review

Run by the Sicilian Gabriella family, this cozy third-floor walk-up is a notch above your average board-rated one-star place, the best in a building full of tiny pensioni. The optional breakfast is served on a sunny glassed-in terrace decorated in the 1950s with frescoes by talented American art students and overlooking a leafy large courtyard. Room nos. 1, 4 (with a balcony), and 6 through 8 all have views of the domes topping the Duomo and the Medici Chapels across the city's terra-cotta roofscape. Note that there's a 1am curfew.

Facilities:
Concierge; Internet in lobby

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.


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