Hotel Villa Betania  

Perfect location for those travelling by car as there is ample parking and one can avoid the hectic traffic of the inner city. Very close to a good bus route to get into the old city. Situated in an upmarket residential area, the rooms are spacious and spotlessly clean. Even though the hotel was full, it was very quiet. Excellent substantial breakfast. The hotel staff were very helpful and friendly.

For tourists not travelling by car, it is not centrally located and therefore a long walk to the river (approx 40 mins) and other attractions. The walk back is uphill. The bus system is very good however and taxis are plentiful, both of which we found to be very reasonably priced compared to other big cities in Italy.

The staff at reception very friendly and helpful in english what ba relief in Italy to speak and communicate in English. Thank you.

Very clean and neat, very well located, staff pleasant and helpful.

Would be nice to have some easier access to tea/coffee, etc

The location is great if you are travelling by car. The hotel has free parking area. Additionally is not far from the city center. The taxi costs only 15 Euro to the city center. The hotel is in a quiet place surrounded with trees and flowers.

Although the receptionist is quite polite, he could not help us enough. Even he does not know where the extra pillows are.

Great location with good breakfast and secure parking, we stayed here two nights before our wedding in florence, great value for money

This hotel is very clean, the room is very big. The only inconvenient is that there is no elevator. So you do have to carry all your luggage to the rooms which are all upstairs. But there are not so many steps until you reach the first floor. The bathroom is amazing and very big, clean. The beds are also good. The floor is carpet of wood, which is good. Breakfast is good. The recepcionists speak English and they even help you to find good things to do in the city and around it. If you want to visit any wine factory, ask the hotel to book in advance. It's not possible to visit factories without booking in advance. I do recommend this hotel to anyone.. Friends, couples, families. Very cool!

This hotel is set in lovely gardens on a hill to the south of Florence. We liked being able to escape the crowds in the city and chose it so that we could enjoy the walk there and back. We were fortunate that the weather was good as in wet weather using the bus or taxi would be necessary. It is a good 30-40 minute walk to the station and the pavenments are quite narrow and busy (problems for rollalong suitcases). The room was very spacious and comfortable. The breakfast was good (except the coffee).

Great setting in gardens about 20 min walk from Florence. Like your own country mansion near the city. Our room was huge, which was a nice change from the smaller rooms we'de had in Siena, Bologna etc. Staff were helpful.

Breakfast was ok only, but that's a really small point , as it was very similar to most Italian hotels. We loved the location, but if you don't like to walk - choose something closer to the city, however we really enjoyed our walks into the city and the bus is very close and comes regularly if you don't want to walk.

The hotel staff was extremely friendly and helpful. The location of the hotel was perfect for our almost week-long stay in Florence. It was an easy bus-ride from the center of the city, but removed from the frenetic tourist scene of the center city. The room was splendid. It was a perfect place to end a day of sight-seeing in quiet seclusion. The hotel location also made it easy to take day-trips to Pisa and to the Cianti wine region, without dealing with center-city traffice and narrow streets.

The only problem we had was that the hot water in the shower cycled from just-right to almost-scalding at a moment's notice. Also, management should consider installing slip-proof mats in the shower since the floor gets extremely slippery with soapy water flowing over it.

The room size is very good, internet free and the museum booking service (at no cost)

In a walking distance stand point Is a litle bit far from the historical center (more than I thought)

Friendly helpful staff. Location away from city while also being quite convenient to city. The outside terraces.

No Internet in rooms; sporadic connections anywhere else.

Comfortable, clean hotel with staff who were very keen to help orientate us in the city and make the stay a succesful one. Tasty breakfast served outside in the garden.

Although I knew this hotel was outside the centre, I didn't realise how far - about 35 minutes' walk from Ponte Vecchio. We had a one-night stay and in retrospect I might have chosen a more central hotel, although the bus service was cheap and easy to use.

Exclusive location with the large villas on the hillside surrounding the South of the city centre. Quiet and breezy away from the touristy hustle and bustle of the city centre yet only 20mins pleasant walk down hill to the Roman gate.

The hill does seem rather steeper on the way back - so walk in and catch the bus back!