Best Western Hotel Rivoli

Location. The Best Western Hotel Rivoli in Florence, Italy is 200 meters from Santa Maria Novella railway station. The Pizza della Repubblica and the Church of San Lorenzo are 800 meters from the hotel. San Lorenzo Market, the Duomo and the Uffizi Gallery are all within a kilometer of the hotel. Florence Vespucci Airport is about eight kilometers from the hotel.

Hotel Features. Steeped in history and with a secluded, patio garden at its center, the Hotel Rivoli occupies a 15th century Franciscan monastery. Complimentary newspapers are available in the lobby where the 24 hour front desk offers tour advice and travel reservations. Hot and cold buffet breakfasts are served daily in the monastery's refectory decorated with vaulted ceilings, stone columns, exposed beams and original dark wood furniture. The patio garden features a 20 meter heated hot tub, with dressing rooms and showers, that is available year round.

Guestrooms. The three story Best Western Hotel Rivoli's 80 guestrooms all offer high ceilings and tall, slatted shutters. Amenities in the guestrooms include complimentary newspapers and minibars. Internet connections are available in the rooms.

Expert Tip. The many world famous paintings in the Uffizi Gallery include Botticelli's "Birth of Venus", Leonardo da Vinci's "Annunciation", Michelangelo's "Holy Family", Raphael's "Madonna with a Goldfinch" and Titian's "Venus of Urbino". The artworks are displayed in a time line sequence, which gives visitors a feeling for the evolution of Renaissance art. Admission is free to children 5 and under.