Casa Howard Firenze - Residenza D'Epoca, Florence
About the Hotel
Rooms: eclectic style
Casa Howard offers 13 distinct bedrooms with a mix of Belle Époque style, exotica, and eccentricity. The rooms combine retro and postmodern aesthetics. Colonial furnishings from Indochina, Chinoiserie details, Japanese erotica, oriental silks, and Scottish tartans are featured. Rooms include air conditioning, satellite LED TVs, and bathrooms with showers or baths. Some rooms are soundproofed. Rooms on the upper floors are accessible by lift. Select rooms include terraces.
Breakfast made to order
Breakfast is made to order using local produce to reduce food waste and is entirely plastic-free. Homemade yogurt is served in glass jars. Jams are made from biologic crops on the hotel's countryside farm estate. There 's an honesty bar stocked with soft drinks, wines, and bubbly.
Leisure & adventure
Guests can explore the Uffizi Gallery or the Accademia with guided tours for kids. The Conciergerie can help book a day trip to Tuscan beaches, or a wine and cheese tasting at a winery. Guests can take Fortnum & Mason or Twinings tea, coffee, or fruit juice with baked croissants served in Ginori China. The pumice stones in bathrooms come from Filicudi Island. Guests receive keys to enter the house at any hour.
Location: near landmarks
Casa Howard is in Santa Maria Novella, near the Basilica and Railway Station of Santa Maria Novella. It is a 10-minute walk to the Uffizi and Accademia galleries, the Duomo and Baptistery, Via Tornabuoni shops, and the Ponte Vecchio. The hotel is near the Officina dè Profumi, Duomo, and Mercato di Sant'Ambrogio. Landmarks nearby include the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (1 km), Basilica of Santa Maria Novella (0.3 km), Campanile di Giotto (1 km), Gallerie Degli Uffizi (1 km), and Strozzi Palace (0.5 km).
Services: concierge services
The Conciergerie team, led by Clefs d'Or Antonio Pagano, can assist with restaurant and bar reservations, organize experiences, and address inconveniences. Services include babysitting, daily newspapers, and laundry service. The hotel implements eco-sustainability practices, such as recycled paper bin bags, bamboo organic toilet paper, compostable bathroom kits, and refillable Nespresso inox capsules.
Select your room type
Price and room availability calendar
Facilities
General
- Non-smoking rooms
- Wi-Fi
- Parking
- Express check-in/ -out
- Concierge desk
- Pets allowed
- Luggage storage
- Allergy-free rooms
- Lift
- Coffee shop
- Fire extinguishers
- Key access
Guest Parking
- Electric kettle
- Dryer
Services
- Paid airport shuttle
- Pet amenities available
- Room service
- Housekeeping
- Laundry
- Welcome drink
Dining
- In-room breakfast
- Bar/ Lounge area
- Special diet menus
Business
- Fax/Photocopying
Children
- Cots
- Babysitting/Child services
Spa & Leisure
- Garden area
- Leisure/ TV room
Room features
- Air conditioning
- Heating
- Soundproofed rooms
- Sitting area
- Dressing area
- Terrace
- Garden furniture
- Tea and coffee facilities
- Ironing facilities
Bathroom
- Free toiletries
Self-catering
- Electric kettle
- Dryer
Media
- Flat-screen TV
- AM/FM alarm clock
Room decor
- Carpeted floor


