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One city,
one history,
one hotel.
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LOCATION
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Grand Hotel Baglioni is an integral part of the cultural identity of Florence, with which it has shared tragedies and victories across decades of history.
This prestigious Florence hotel stands in the heart of the historic center, a few minutes from the Exhibition Center, Convention Center and main museums, and three hundred meters from Santa Maria Novella railway station.
An excellent starting point for exploring and getting to know this astonishing city, a place which allows travelers to completely understand the true essence of Florence, because Grand Hotel Baglioni represents one of the strongest symbols of hospitality of this land. |
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Florence transmits a multitude of emotions and sensations to all travelers: scents, flavours and works of art stimulate the senses step after step and remain engraved on the memory. Surrounded by lovely hills, Florence is an open air museum which houses some of the most precious treasures of Italy including the Cathedral with its splendid Dome designed by Brunelleschi, Giotto's Campanile, the Uffizi Gallery and much, much more. But it is the hidden and lesser known Florence that will remain in your heart: the Florence of the tiny artisan workshops which hand down ancient techniques from generation to generation, the small churches and street markets, traditional trattorias and places off the beaten path.
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"One day in 1902 Prince Lucedio Carrega, after having decided to move permanently to Rome, suggested that the Baglionis change his Flornetine building into a hotel. . The proposal was a good one. The central position and the closeness of the railway station made it seem like an excellent initiative. (...) And so the building became the Grand Hotel Baglioni".
Francesco Baglioni
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HOW TO REACH US
By plane
There are two ways to reach Grand Hotel Baglioni from the Florence airport:
- take a taxi
- use the "Vola in bus" service which will take you to Santa Maria Novella Station in around 20 minutes. Grand Hotel Baglioni is located in Piazza dell'Unità Italiana 300 meters from the station.
By car
If you come to Florence by car, you can park in a garage the hotel has a special arrangement with.
- From Rome: take the "Firenze Sud" exit off the motorway and head towards the center ("centro"). When you reach the traffic light at the end of Lungarno del Tempio you must go right. Head towards Piazza Beccaria and then take Viale Antonio Gramsci and Viale Giacomo Matteotti until Piazza della Libertà. Take Via Lorenzo il Magnifico and at the first traffic light go left on Via Poliziano. Continue along Via Santa Caterina until the Railway Station, passing through Piazza Indipendenza. You will arrive in Piazza Unità d'Italia in around 2 minutes, where Grand Hotel Baglioni is located.
- From Milan: take the "Firenze Nord" exit off the motorway and head towards the center ("centro"). Once you arrive at the end of Viale Francesco Redi go right and then left to take Via Guido Monaco. Drive to the end of this street and then turn left on Via Fratelli Rosselli. After the railway underpass, follow the Viali di Circonvallazione, running along Fortezza da Basso. Then take Viale Lavagnini. At the first traffic light turn right on Via Santa Caterina until the Railway Station, passing through Piazza Indipendenza: you will arrive in Piazza Unità d'Italia in around 2 minutes, where Grand Hotel Baglioni is located.
By train
Grand Hotel Baglioni is located in Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia, around 300 meters from the station. The Hotel can be reached by taking the underpass inside the station which goes directly to the Piazza.
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