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<h1>Albergo Villa Azalee | Superior Hotels Europe</h1>
<h2>Viale F.lli Rosselli, 44, Florence, Firenze</h2>
<p>Hotel Villa Azalee, originally a private villa, is a three star hotel located in the center of Florence within five minutes walking distance from the central railway station.It has been taken over by the owner who is at present also the manager; it has been completely restructured with the creation of a dependance and a large garden. Twentyfive rooms are available (seventeen in the villa, eight in the dependance) all decorated in pure florentine style with original furniture and exclusive fabrics, in order to recreate the atmosphere of a private villa. Villa Azalee is the result of a happy combination of modern and ancient Italian tradition and refined hospitality. The hotel is beatifully situated in a shady garden and features the most modern equipment: air-conditioned rooms with private bath and/or shower, hair dryer, heateds towel rail, telephone, sat TV and minibar. On the ground floor: hall, lounge, bar and private garden. Centrally located within five minutes walking distance from the central railway station Santa Maria Novella, Congress Palace and Opera House. Car parking near the hotel. Valet parking. Bicycle for rent. American buffet-breakfast. History: Formerly a private residence, and built by the banker Palanca on the grounds of the convent of the Oblate sisters, the hotel is tied to a popular legend. It is said, in fact, that within its walls, or who knows in what recesses of its meandering basement, was once hidden a pot full of gold. Needless to say, no one has to this day discovered such riches. From a Guest letter: ....we shall make a point of specifying that the Villa Azalee hotel, its fascination notwithstanding, features absolutely accessible rates. Its prices should cleary be higher for its seventeen rooms, situated in the ancient villa, with their high ceilings, beds with wrought-iron or precious woodenheadboards decorated with eighteenth century engravings; many of the rooms face the internal garden, isolating them from any noise, and rendering them fresher and more appreciable. The shutters on the windows creak a little, and the banister along the wide staircase totters a wee bit; however, herein lies its fascination charm, for we don't feel that we are staying at a hotel, but in an old distinguished house. And, indeede, it is so. We need only mention that every evening in the salon, tea is served accompained by little home-made biscuits, and that bicycle is made available to every guest during the day to reach the city's historic centre in less than three minutes. </p>
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