Fully renovated in 2006, the hotel maintains the traditions of a family hotel. It offers 34 non-smoking single, double and triple rooms, all of which are large and comfortable to meet the needs of families. Guests are welcomed into this historical, air-conditioned hotel in a lobby with 24-hour reception and check-out service, hotel safe, currency exchange facilities and lift access. The bar and restaurant provide food and drinks, whilst all guests can also make use of the TV lounge. A range of facilities are available for additional fees, including WLAN Internet access, room and laundry services, car park, garage and on-site bicycle hire.
The hotel enjoys a particularly convenient position in Florence. It is close to the Santa Maria Novella, the main train station and the sites for trade shows and conventions, as well as the most important historical and artistic sights of the city. The hotel is opposite to Palazzo degli Affari, a short walk from Palazzo dei Congressi and Fortezza da Basso. It is also in the immediate vicinity of the church of San Lorenzo, with its Medici Chapel, the mausoleum of the Medici family and the Sacristies. The New Sacristy was designed by Michelangelo and here the artist sculpted the immensely charming allegorical sculptures of day and night, dawn and dusk. Florence's Peretola Airport is situated roughly 7 km from the hotel and Galileo Galilei Airport in Pisa is around 70 km away.