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Grand Hotel Minerva Florence

4 stars
Piazza Santa Maria Novella, 16, Florence, 50123
Hotel Overview
Reviewer score
4.3
out of 5 10 reviews
great location

We had a great time at this hotel. We got a room with the view of the square and it was within... See full review

  • crndo
  • Dec 31, 2011
The BEST in Florence

Great location for ALL things in Florence. Wonderful views. Helpful staff. Absolutely perfect!! See full review

  • sphillips
  • Oct 18, 2011
Prestigious and elegant 4-star hotel in Piazza Santa Maria Novella
With its prestigious location on the Piazza Santa Maria Novella, the Grand Hotel Minerva has been welcoming some of the world's most noted celebrities and dignitaries for decades. Grace and elegance define the hotel, with a rooftop garden and swimming pool that offer magnificent panoramic views of the city. Guest rooms are attractive and spacious with a range of amenities, while an on-site restaurant serves tasty Tuscan cuisine in a refined setting.
Highlights
  • Seasonal swimming pool and solarium
  • Elegant restaurant overlooking an interior garden
  • Situated on the Piazza Santa Maria Novella
Rooms
Guest rooms at the Grand Hotel Minerva are attractively decorated with every modern convenience and amenity, including direct dial telephone, mini-bar, safe deposit box, satellite TV, air conditioning, centralized music system, tea and coffee making facilities, Internet access (fees apply) and laundry service (fees apply).
Features
For decades, the Grand Hotel Minerva has been welcoming the world's most discerning travelers, with its refined elegance that has come to define deluxe Florentine hospitality. Occupying a prime location in Piazza Santa Maria Novella, the hotel is the ideal base from which to discover all of Florence's cultural charms and attractions. Rooms are comfortable and spacious and include every modern convenience and amenity, suitable retreats for both business and leisure travelers. A fifth floor terrace affords magnificent panoramic views of the city, while a seasonal swimming pool refreshes and reinvigorates the weariest traveler.

The on-site restaurant Chostri, which overlooks the garden, serves authentic Tuscan cuisine and accommodates up to 120 people, a convenient choice for business conferences as well as family celebrations.
Transportation
  • Florence Airport (5.4 mi/8.9 km)
  • Santa Maria Novella train station (0.4 mi/0.7 km)
Attractions
  • Duomo and Baptistery (0.5 mi/0.9 km)
  • Uffizi Gallery (0.5 mi/0.9 km)
  • Michelangelo's David (0.7 mi/ 1.1 km)
Business
  • Six sun-lit meeting rooms
  • Audio/visual equipment rental
  • Office and translation services available upon request

Grand Hotel Minerva Florence Rooms

Classic Double Room
The bedding option for the room is one double bed or one twin bed. Room offers air conditioning, alarm clock, bathroom amenities, cable / satellite TV, color TV, ensuite / private bathroom, hairdryer, heating, internet access, laundry service (extra charge), mini bar, non-smoking rooms, pay TV, pay per view movies, radio, room service, safe in room, tea and coffee making facilities, telephone and valet service.

Amenities

  • Wireless internet
  • Pool
General
Concierge
Pets allowed
Activities
Pool
Dining
Restaurant
Services
Business center
Conference facilities
Internet
Wireless internet
Accessibility
Handicapped rooms/facilities

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Hotel Map

43.7736 11.2491
Area served
Florence.
Nearby airports
Amerigo Vespucci Florence Airport.
Area description
Grand Hotel Minerva is situated in the heart of Florence, in Piazza santa Maria Novella. All the most important monuments and the famous shopping areas, the central train station S.M. Novella and the congress centre are all reachable by foot.

Nearby points of interest

  • Church of Santa Maria Novella: 0.1 mi
  • Santa Maria Novella Train station: 0.1 mi
  • Medici Chapels (Cappelle Medicee): 0.3 mi
  • Basilica di San Lorenzo: 0.3 mi
  • Museo di Palazzo Davanzati: 0.3 mi
  • Piazza della Repubblica: 0.3 mi
  • Laurentian Library (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana): 0.3 mi
  • Giotto's Bell Tower (Campanile di Giotto): 0.3 mi
  • Centro Storico: 0.3 mi
  • Piazza del Duomo: 0.3 mi
  • Mercato Centrale: 0.3 mi
  • Duomo - Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore: 0.4 mi
  • Duomo Museum (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo): 0.4 mi
  • Piazza della Signoria: 0.4 mi
  • Pitti Palace: 0.4 mi
  • Church of Santa Maria Novella: 0.1 mi
  • Santa Maria Novella Train station: 0.1 mi
  • Medici Chapels (Cappelle Medicee): 0.3 mi
  • Basilica di San Lorenzo: 0.3 mi
  • Museo di Palazzo Davanzati: 0.3 mi
  • Piazza della Repubblica: 0.3 mi
  • Laurentian Library (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana): 0.3 mi
  • Giotto's Bell Tower (Campanile di Giotto): 0.3 mi
  • Centro Storico: 0.3 mi
  • Piazza del Duomo: 0.3 mi
  • Mercato Centrale: 0.3 mi
  • Duomo - Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore: 0.4 mi
  • Duomo Museum (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo): 0.4 mi
  • Piazza della Signoria: 0.4 mi
  • Pitti Palace: 0.4 mi
  • Corridoio Vasariano: 0.4 mi
  • Uffizi Gallery (Galleria degli Uffizi): 0.5 mi
  • Museo Galileo - Institute and Museum of the History of Science: 0.5 mi
  • Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Bargello Museum): 0.5 mi
  • Galleria dell'Accademia: 0.6 mi
  • Boboli Gardens: 0.6 mi
  • Museo di San Marco: 0.6 mi
  • Basilica di Santa Croce: 0.7 mi
  • Sinagoga di Firenze e Museo ebraico: 0.8 mi
  • Piazzale Michelangelo: 1 mi
  • Basilica di San Miniato al Monte: 1.3 mi
  • Museo Stibbert: 1.6 mi
  • Baptistry (Battistero): 42.8 mi

Dining

Restaurant
I "chiostri" with its large spaces decorated with beautiful paintings and illuminated by large glass windows that face the internal garden may host up to 180 people. From April to October the patio in piazza Santa Maria novella offers summer dishes along with the main menu. The cuisine offers some of the best traditionally Mediterranean and Tuscan dishes reinterpreted by chef prepared using modern techniques which exalt the ingredients.

Hotel Policies

Check-in:
1400
Check-out:
1200

Terms and conditions

Rates quoted in currencies other than the hotel's base currency are subject to the rate of the international exchange. Rate may change throughout stay. Rate may reflect average nightly rate. Extra charges may apply. Incidental charges, such as room service, are not included in the rate.

The amenities and/or facilities may not be located at the hotel, but within a reasonable distance, and additional charges may apply for use.

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Guest Reviews (10)

Ratings and reviews for Grand Hotel Minerva Florence

Overall score

4 / 5
About the scores
1 out of 10
Amenities:
5
Room cleanliness:
5
Hotel staff:
5
Room comfort:
5
Location:
5
Value:
4
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Reviewer score

4

Would recommend

Anonymous
Washington, DC
Apr 27, 2010

hotel minerva

The service was great. Very convenient to train, bus and plane.

Hotel features (5 = best, 1 = worst):
Amenities:
5
Room cleanliness:
5
Hotel staff:
5
Room comfort:
5
Location:
5
Value:
4
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