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24 Apr 2003 read hotel reviewsAbout Carolus Hotel
hotel front view
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.
Location of Carolus Hotel, Florence
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City Area:San Lorenzo
Position of the zone in the city
General map
Rooms at Carolus Hotel
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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.
- Air conditioning
- Baby cots/cribs available
- Desk
- Dial-up Internet access
- Direct dial phone
- Electronic safe
- Extra beds
- Facilities for disabled people
- Hairdryer in each room
- Heating
- Individually controlled air conditioning
- Mini bar
- Non-smoking rooms
- Non-smoking rooms available upon request
- Rooms with view
- Rooms with view available
- Safe
- Satellite TV
- Soundproof rooms
- Telephone
- TV
- Wireless Internet access
Breakfast at Carolus Hotel
breakfast room
A buffet breakfast is served in the breakfast room between 7 a.m. and 10.30 a.m.
Hotel Facilities
- Access for disabled
- Air conditioning
- Credit card accepted
- Currency exchange
- Entire property is air conditioned
- Groups welcome
- Historic building
- Laundry service
- Lift/elevator
- Recently renovated
- Room service - 24 hour
- Wireless Internet connection in the entire property
- City maps
- Concierge
- Front desk - 24 hour
- Front desk - fax service
- Front desk - safety deposit box
- Luggage room
- Multilingual staff
- Newspapers
- Tourist information
- Conference room
- Meeting lounge
- Meeting Room
- Garage
- Valet service
- Baby sitter
- Internet/Email services
- Reading room
- Satellite TV
- TV Room
- Bar
Hotel Reviews Carolus Hotel
Family with older children
Singapore, Jul 2009
An efficient and well located tourist hotel within walking distance of major sights. Good value for Florence.
Single traveller
USA, Mar 2009
Hotel Carolus was fantastic. The room was very quiet (which is hard to find in Florence) and clean. The location was good: close enough to the city center for convenient sight-seeing, but just far enough away from the noise. A walk with luggage from the train station is a little much, but do-able. The included breakfast was excellent every morning. If you ever need self-service laundry, there is a small one right next door. It would be very tough to beat this value. I tried to save money on previous trips by staying at the convent of Sta. Maria del Carmine (across the Arno), but this hotel is just as inexpensive with a MUCH better room and breakfast. I highly recommend this hotel.
Single traveller
Canada, Mar 2009
I was very pleased with my stay at Hotel Carolus. I found the staff friendly and helpful. The hotel is clean and very well maintained. It's ideally located within a short walking distance to all of the historical sites and museums.
Young couple
Netherlands, Jul 2008
We had a room on the second floor, street side. The street was a bit noisy in the morning, lots of motorbikes, scooters etc. but it didn't bother us. Bathroom was good size, everything very clean. Breakfast was excellent, laundromat next door, very useful. We highly recommend this hotel.
Mature couple
United Kingdom, 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.
Mature couple
USA, 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.
Family with older children
Spain, 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
Young couple
United Kingdom, 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!
Mature couple
United Kingdom, 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.
Single traveller
Switzerland, Dec 2006
Large lounges available to customers, free internet WiFi connection
Single traveller
Italy, Nov 2006
Hotel buono, uniche note di demerito: la colazione, appena sufficiente; l'assenza di un internet point. Per il resto tutto ok.
Family with older children
Greece, 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.
Family Group
USA, 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.)
Single leisure traveller
USA, Oct 2005
This is a good, well managed hotel. It corresponds nicely with what is presented on the website.
Heterosexual Couple
USA, 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.
Couple with children
USA, 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.
Heterosexual Couple
USA, 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!
Heterosexual Couple
France, 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 !
Heterosexual Couple
Germany, Nov 2004
Everything was good or very good.
Single leisure traveller
USA, 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.
Single leisure traveller
United Kingdom, 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.
Family Group
Spain, Apr 2003
All answers are "excellent" and we really mean it. It is not just courtesy. Thank you.
Not Specified
USA, 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.
Map of Carolus Hotel in Florence
district map
How to reach Carolus 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 Carolus Hotel
- Garage
- Valet service
Guests are entitled to discounted parking at a nearby outdoor garage.
The Hotel
hotel front view
Rooms at Carolus Hotel
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Hotel Facilities
bar
bar
lounge
lounge
breakfast room
The bar offers a cosy and intimate atmosphere to sip a drink or a cocktail.
More pictures (by Venere Hotels Group)
Hotel Policies
METHODS OF PAYMENT
Venere.com does not debit your credit card for your reservations. You will be asked to insert your credit card details which will be sent to the property only as a guarantee of the reservation. The bill will then have to be settled directly at the hotel. In case your chosen hotel needs a deposit, this information will be included in the "Cancellation policy" section and the deposit will have to be settled directly with the pre-selected property. It is not possible to cancel your reservation if you selected and booked a room indicated as "PREPAID/NOT REFUNDABLE". In this case, the total amount of your stay will be charged to your credit card by the hotel at the time of booking.
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. It is not possible to cancel your reservation if you selected and booked a room indicated as "PREPAID/NOT REFUNDABLE".
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