Hotel Monica, Florence

Hotel Monica has rooms with wooden furniture, wrought iron beds, and fabrics. Each room includes air conditioning, heating, and a flat-screen TV. Bathrooms offer complimentary toiletries and a hairdryer. Rooms face an inner courtyard or a low-traffic street. Room options include single, double, triple, and quadruple rooms, each with a bathroom.

Guests can have a sweet and savory buffet breakfast on the interior terrace during the summer. The terrace is surrounded by quiet gardens. While the hotel doesn't have an onsite restaurant, the area provides cultural marks and opportunities. Nearby Greve in Chianti, at 30 km, has food and wine options. This area is known as the 'Gate to Chianti' with wineries that offer wine and local food such as finocchiona and marzolino cheese.

Hotel Monica is in central Florence, 0.5 km from Florence Santa Maria Novella. It is near the Fortezza da Basso and Santa Maria Novella Station. Peretola Airport is 5 km away. From the motorway, follow signs to the old city center and Santa Maria Novella Station. The hotel is near sights such as Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo Vecchio, the Neptune Fountain by Ammannati, Santa Maria del Fiore, Ponte Vecchio, and the Basilica of San Lorenzo. Da Vinci's birthplace is 38 kilometers away in the town of Vinci, home to the Leonardiano Museum.

Hotel Monica is a base for seeing Florence and its monuments. Visit Piazza della Signoria, an open-air museum. Other sites include Santa Maria del Fiore, with a dome decorated by Vasari and Zuccari, and Ponte Vecchio, known for its antique shops. See the Medici Family Tombs at the Basilica of San Lorenzo. Fiesole shows the Etruscan roots of the area.