Location. The Hotel Kursaal and Ausonia is located in Florence, Italy, in the centre of the city, 500 metres from the Cathedral and within one kilometre of the Uffizi and other museums. The hotel is 200 metres from Santa Maria Novella railway station, and seven kilometres from Florence Airport.
Hotel Features. A modern building, the Hotel Kursaal and Ausonias public areas are on the third floor and offer currency exchange, book exchange, laundry services and a television lounge. There is wireless Internet available for surcharge throughout the hotel, and the bar and lounge offer sofas, books, newspapers, and television.
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served in a breakfast room daily.
The hotel can make museum reservations and organises city tours, and the nearest golf course is six kilometres away at Parco di Firenze club.
Guestrooms. The 26 guestrooms at Hotel Kursaal Antonia have tiled floors, richly coloured decor, pieces of antique furniture, and modern details. All are air conditioned and have satellite television, direct dial phones, wireless Internet access (surcharge), safes, and minibars. Some superior rooms have living rooms or private balconies with views of the Cathedral.
Expert Tip. The most famous work in the Galleria dellAccademia is Michelangelos sculpture David, but other works under the same roof include Michelangelos unfinished sculpture Captives, intended for the tomb of Pope Julius II.
Rates:
75.8599 - 193.7359 EUR
Number Of Rooms: 80
Number Of Floors: 2
Check In Time: 1400
Check Out Time: 1030
Hotel Kursaal Ausonia
Via Nazionale 24 Nero
Florence, Italy 50123
Driving Directions:
From Florence Vespucci Airport (FLR):
Distance to Hotel Kursaal and Ausonia is 7 kilometres, approximately 20 minutes drive.
Getting there. Taxis into the city centre cost approximately 15 16 EUR, and the journey time is 15 minutes. An airport bus departs every 30 minutes for Florences Santa Maria Novella Station, from where the hotel is a walk of 200 metres. Single tickets cost 6 EUR. Terravision coaches travel to central Florence and Pisa Airport. Tickets cost 12 EUR, and the price includes a one day pass for Florences city buses. Prices are all subject to change.
Getting around. Florence is compact and easily explored on foot. There are traffic restrictions in the city centre, and parking is expensive. Bright orange buses operate throughout the city centre. Tickets are available at vending machines or from tobacconists. Tickets are sold based on length of time, and are available for one, two or 24 hours. There is a taxi rank in front of Santa Maria Novella Station.
Driving directions. From the airport follow the signs for the city center (centro).
On reaching Fortezza da Basso, take Viale Spartaco Lavagnini and turn right at the first traffic light on Via Santa Caterina dAlessandria.
After Piazza Indipendenza, Via Nazionale continues where the hotel is found on the left at number 24.