Villa Azalee - Hotel de Charme in Florence

Hotel Villa Azalee is situated in the historical centre of Florence, 200 metres from the central station Santa Maria Novella, 500 metres from Congress Palace, near the City Theatre and about 200 metres from Stazione Leopolda a congress and exibition centre. Hotel Villa Azalee belongs to Mrs Brizzi and her family, from Florence, since over a century.

Prof. Architect Raffaello Brizzi, the proprietor's grandfather, founded the Faculty of Architecture in Florence, which the famous David, the sculpture of the most famous Michelangelo. In the same piazza San marco there is San Marco Church with many works of the mystical painter Beato angelico. The proprietor's father, Prof. Engineer Emilio Brizzi has rebuilt Santa Trinita Bridge, one of the most famous bridges in Florence, situated near Ponte vecchio. Prof. Emilio Brizzi has found Ammannati's formula after Years of Studies and researches. Santa Trinita bridge was rebuilt also with the generous economical support of many Americans, who loved Europe with its art and its millennial culture.

Florence Hotel de Charme Villa Azalee has been recently changed from a house and private residence into a Hotel. Florence Hotel de Charme Villa Azalee is the result of a great care to transform an ancient private residence into an elegant and refined Hotel, maintaining all modern conforts. Hotel Villa Azalee is one of the most elegant Hotel De Charme in Florence city centre. It offer to its guest a modern accommodation, ancient and valuable furniture and ornaments, which give it a refined and exclusive atmosphere of romantic hotel. Florence Hotel de Charme Villa Azalee has a highly professional staff, 24 hours multilingual services, whose kindness and gentleness are our pride. The Hotel is situated in the centre of Florence near the central station. It is equipped to receive with great confort disabled guests. Our breakfast buffet is very rich and refined, with regional tuscan and Florentine specialities.

Florence Hotel de Charme Villa Azalee has great attention for Italian traditions and culture both in internal decorations and furniture and in cooking. The entire staff of Hotel Villa Azalee offers to our guests the most pleasant stay in the Florentine atmosphere. Florence Hotel de Charme Villa Azalee has a wonderful garden, full of flowers, gardenias, camellias and roses. Calicantos, a Japanese plant with an intense and delicate scent, blossom at Christmas, when in the hall, the rich collection of Christmas trees coming from Murano, sparks at the fireplace, where you can taste different aromas of tea and chocolate, served in the famous Richard Ginori's porcelain cups. Florence city centre, with its famous monuments Palazzo della Signoria and Palazzo Pitti, royal Palace of Savoia, and before property of the Grand Duke of Lorena (the Royal family in Vienna), Ponte Vecchio and Medicean Chapels, are easily reachable in five minutes with bycicles at our guests disposal.

It is told that in the foundations of Villa Azalee has been walled up a saucepan full of gold coins, a symbol of the first proprietors, the bankers Palanca; we cannot verify if this is only a legend or the truth... In the elegant glass of the grand staircase, you can admire a rose, symbol of the publishing firm Barbersa, the second proprietors.

And now the story goes on with you and family Brizzi.

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