Casa Howard Guest House - Residenza D'epoca Florence
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Casa Howard is not a hotel. Each Casa is a beautiful private house, whether an apartment, palazzo or farmhouse, which offers personal service with some typical hotel services.
Staying here is similar to staying in a friend’s private house. As guests, you get the keys to the house, you enjoy the original furniture and amenities, and you can feel the atmosphere of the bursting hearth of the town.
Casa Howard (Florence) is a registered property (Residenza d'Epoca), located just 120 metres from the Santa Maria Novella Railway Station and 80 metres from Piazza S. M. Novella.
The hotel has retained all of the original flooring and ceilings, and most works of art and amenities belong to the owner's family in order to fully demonstrate the Casa Howard concept: Very high standard houses aimed to host special people.
Rooms : 8.
Availability
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Hotel Facilities
General
Parking , Pets Allowed, Newspapers, Garden, Terrace, Non-Smoking Rooms, Elevator, Valet Parking, Soundproofed Rooms, Heating, Design Hotel, Luggage Storage, Gay Friendly, Allergy-Free Room Available.
Services
Room Service, Babysitting/Child Services, Laundry, Breakfast in the Room, Internet Services, Wi-Fi/Wireless LAN, Free Wi-Fi Internet Access Included.
Activities
Massage, Turkish/Steam Bath, Hammam.
Hotel information
"Clients known by the the owners or introduced by previous guests have a priority booking channel. Word of mouth is the way we do it". This is why (if you book a room at Casa Howard through an agency) we ask you to recommend Casa Howard to your friends.
Friends of friends are people we can trust and this is why we give you a key and access to our personal belongings and refreshments, just help yourself in the fridges. There is a form where you can write down what you have taken and pay us on your departure. D.O.C wines (red and white) are also available from Siena (Tuscany).
House Keepers (or House-Genies)
Meet Cristy, the head house keeper, or Edgar, the house keeper of Via Sistina, and Bernie and Rohan or Alou the house keepers of the Florence Guesthouse. They have been trained in-house and will bring you breakfast & fresh flowers when available, arrange dinner reservations, car hire, masseurs, personal shopping guides, babysitting, laundry, dry-cleaning and anything else you can think of...
As guests, you get the keys of the house (just in case you come in late).
Room information
One room is for smokers, another for guests with small dogs, and there is even one for people travelling with young children (sound-proofed and with a Walt Disney video-library) that has a special wall for them to play free-climbing.
Expect intimate and luxurious Florentine accommodation, a fantastic location by the Santa Maria Novella Basilica, unusually designed rooms and professional private service.
When available, the staff will place fresh flowers in each room. They come from the hotel's garden in Frascati, just outside Rome.
In the summer, mint soaps will be placed in the rooms, whilst, in the winter, pomegranate soaps will be provided. The hotel is the only guesthouse that the Officina Profumo di Santa Maria Novella in Florence provides liquid soaps to. Pomis stones from Filicudi (Aeolian Islands - Sicily) can also be found in your bathroom.
Suites with up to 3 bedrooms are available on request. For stays of longer than 5 days, the owner's apartment is available on request.
Food & beverage
Our House Keepers will give you access to our private web guide, to chose among few slected restaurants, bars, shops and much more...
Breakfast
If you choose to have breakfast at Casa Howard it will be served to you in your bedroom. Breakfast consists of a freshly squeezed orange juice, home made jam and honey (from our Tuscan farm) and freshly baked cake and hot cornetti (croissant). Breakfast is served in Ginori china, and tea in Indian glasses.
The breakfast at the Florence Guesthouse costs 15 Euro per person.
If you rather have breakfast in a café ('bar' in Italian) there are many just round the cornerfrom all three guesthouses.
Travel information
Important information
A deposit will be required for your booking. The hotel cannot accept bookings without a down-payment, and without confirmation of such a payment (via fax) should you not have a credit card we accept.
VAT Invoices must be requested before payment is completed.
Small dogs are allowed.
Hotel Policies
Check In
14:00 hours
Check Out
11:00 hours
Cancellation
Cancellation Policy: If cancelled up to 14 days before date of arrival, 50 percent of all nights will be charged.
If cancelled later or in case of no-show, the total price of the reservation will be charged.
Children and Extra Bed Policy: All children are welcome.
All children under 2 years are charged EUR 20.00 per night and person for cots.
There is no capacity for extra beds in the room.
Maximum capacity of babycots in a room is 1.
Deposit Policy: No deposit will be charged.
VAT and city/tourist taxes: VAT is included.
Service charge is included.
City/tourist tax is included.
Internet: Wireless internet is available in the entire hotel and is free of charge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast is not included and costs EUR 15.00 per person.
Parking: Private parking is possible at a location nearby (reservation is needed) and costs EUR 25.00 per day.
Pets: Pets are allowed on request. No extra charges.
The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorise credit cards prior to arrival.
11:00 The cancellation policy may vary per room type; please check the room description as well.
Accepted credit cards
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The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorise credit cards prior to arrival.
Hotel Policies
Check In
14:00 hours
Check Out
11:00 hours
Cancellation
Cancellation Policy: If cancelled up to 14 days before date of arrival, 50 percent of all nights will be charged.
If cancelled later or in case of no-show, the total price of the reservation will be charged.
Children and Extra Bed Policy: All children are welcome.
All children under 2 years are charged EUR 20.00 per night and person for cots.
There is no capacity for extra beds in the room.
Maximum capacity of babycots in a room is 1.
Deposit Policy: No deposit will be charged.
VAT and city/tourist taxes: VAT is included.
Service charge is included.
City/tourist tax is included.
Internet: Wireless internet is available in the entire hotel and is free of charge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast is not included and costs EUR 15.00 per person.
Parking: Private parking is possible at a location nearby (reservation is needed) and costs EUR 25.00 per day.
Pets: Pets are allowed on request. No extra charges.
The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorise credit cards prior to arrival.
11:00 The cancellation policy may vary per room type; please check the room description as well.
Accepted credit cards
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The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorise credit cards prior to arrival.
Terms and Conditions
Your reservation is absolutely secure. All personal data is encrypted and will be processed in a secure way. We take the privacy of your personal data very serious. Your personal information will only be used to process your booking. We will not charge you any reservation fees for making this booking, nor charge your credit card. You will simply pay for your stay at the hotel. Cancellation is free of charge; provided you adhere to the notification period stated in the hotel cancellation policy.