Hotel La Scaletta al Ponte Vecchio is located in the area known as “Oltrarno”, a less touristy area of the city, rich with artisan shops and great restaurants to enjoy Florence and its traditional cuisine and craftmanship.
All of the main attractions and museums are easily reachable on foot, historic buildings and unforgettable structures such as Ponte Vecchio and Palazzo Pitti being as close as 100 meters away from the Hotel.
The Uffizi Museum is 2 meters away on foot, and the Duomo is within 5 minutes (on foot too).
There is slightly more walking to be done to reach things such as the Accademy Gallery or the main train station of Santa Maria Novella(about 15 minutes away from us on foot).
From Peretola Airport/Amerigo Vespucci
From the Peretola Airport/Americo Vespucci you could either take a taxi, it would take about 30 to 40 minutes to reach us and cost about 15/20 euros
Or
Take the Tramway Linea 2 which the tickets for come at about 2 euros each, and takes you to Santa Maria Novella train station.
From Santa Maria Novella train station you can reach us in three ways:
- A Taxi which would cost about 10/15 EUROS
- Minibus C4 (tickets are 2 euros each and you can use the same one as the Tramway) – the stop to get off to reach Hotel La Scaletta al Ponte Vecchio is “Piazza Pitti”(Pitti Square), then you can follow the main street to take Via De’ Guicciardini.
Hotel La Scaletta al Ponte Vecchio is, at that point, about 50 meters away on your right hand side(right after the bookstore “Libreria Giunti”) at the number 13 Black(you must know street numbers are found in both black and red in Florence!)
- A nice stroll, of about 20 minutes, through the historic center of the city following the street signs that take you to the Duomo, then following those that point towards Ponte Vecchio and once there you must cross it and the street you will be on is going to be Via De’ Guicciardini – Hotel La Scaletta al Ponte Vecchio is then gonna be on your left hand side, halfway through Ponte Vecchio and Piazza Pitti(Pitti Square) – after the “Il Papiro” shop at the number 13 Black(you must know street numbers are found in both black and red in Florence!).
From Galileo Galilei Airport/Pisa Airport
From Galileo Galilei Airport/Pisa Airport you got two options:
The shuttle bus that take you to Santa Maria Novella(it costs about 10 euros per ticket).
To learn more about it you can visit https://www.airportbusexpress.it
Or
You can take the shuttle bus that takes you to Pisa’s central train station and from there you can take a train to reach Santa Maria Novella train station, to check schedule and availability of trains you can visit www.trenitalia.it
From S. M. Novella railway station you have 3 possibilities, that are:
- take a taxi, it costs about 10-15 Euro;
- take the minibus letter "C4" (about Euro 2.00 per person) and get off at the stop "Piazza Pitti". From the Bus Stop continue straight in Via Guicciardini. Hotel La Scaletta al Ponte Vecchio is 50mt straight on your right (after the bookstore Giunti) at the number 13 black (because Florence has red and black numbers).
- a nice walk of about 20 minutes through the city center of Florence. From the Station follow the directions to the Duomo and then To Ponte Vecchio, once you get there you have to cross the bridge and you'll be in Via Guicciardini, we are about at half street on your left (after the store named "Il Papiro") number 13 black (because Florence has red and black numbers).
From Santa Maria Novella train station you can reach us in three ways:
- A Taxi which would cost about 10/15 EUROS
- Minibus C4 (tickets are 2 euros each and you can use the same one as the Tramway) – the stop to get off to reach Hotel La Scaletta al Ponte Vecchio is “Piazza Pitti”(Pitti Square), then you can follow the main street to take Via De’ Guicciardini.
Hotel La Scaletta al Ponte Vecchio is, at that point, about 50 meters away on your right hand side(right after the bookstore “Libreria Giunti”) at the number 13 Black(you must know street numbers are found in both black and red in Florence!)
- A nice stroll, of about 20 minutes, through the historic center of the city following the street signs that take you to the Duomo, then following those that point towards Ponte Vecchio and once there you must cross it and the street you will be on is going to be Via De’ Guicciardini – Hotel La Scaletta al Ponte Vecchio is then gonna be on your left hand side, halfway through Ponte Vecchio and Piazza Pitti(Pitti Square) – after the “Il Papiro” shop at the number 13 Black(you must know street numbers are found in both black and red in Florence!).
From Santa Maria Novella train station you can reach us in three ways:
- A Taxi which would cost about 10/15 EUROS
- Minibus C4 (tickets are 2 euros each and you can use the same one as the Tramway) – the stop to get off to reach Hotel La Scaletta al Ponte Vecchio is “Piazza Pitti”(Pitti Square), then you can follow the main street to take Via De’ Guicciardini.
Hotel La Scaletta al Ponte Vecchio is, at that point, about 50 meters away on your right hand side(right after the bookstore “Libreria Giunti”) at the number 13 Black(you must know street numbers are found in both black and red in Florence!)
- A nice stroll, of about 20 minutes, through the historic center of the city following the street signs that take you to the Duomo, then following those that point towards Ponte Vecchio and once there you must cross it and the street you will be on is going to be Via De’ Guicciardini – Hotel La Scaletta al Ponte Vecchio is then gonna be on your left hand side, halfway through Ponte Vecchio and Piazza Pitti(Pitti Square) – after the “Il Papiro” shop at the number 13 Black(you must know street numbers are found in both black and red in Florence!).
BEWARE:
If you’re using GPS to reach us, please set the destination to PIAZZA CARLO LEVI, DO NOT set the Hotel’s address as modifications to the streets may not be correctly downloaded on your phone/GPS.
To reach our Hotel it is necessary to get in the ZTL(restricted traffic area) – DO NOT WORRY!
Your plate number is going to be reported to the authorities from the garage staff so you will not get any fine related to it.
Once in Piazza Carlo Levi, you will see a small kiosk, stop your car right there to unload your luggage.
The street in front of you is Via Guicciardini and Hotel la Scaletta al Ponte Vecchio is on your right hand side(right after the Giunti Bookstore) on number 13 black(please keep in mind Florence has both black and red numbers for building/streets).
We work alongside two different garages, and we suggest you make a reservation for either one of the two:
- Garage Porta Romana open from 7:00 until 24:00, proposing valet service(they will take your car to their garage and deliver it back to you when necessary/at departure) in Piazza Carlo Levi, starting at 35€ every 24 hours(suv, luxury cars, van and minivan might be pricier).
To make a reservation we need your car model, plate number and estimated time of arrival(we make the reservation for you!)
Garage Lungarno found approximately 200mt away from our structure, open from 7:00 until 01:00 at a price of around 32€ per 24 hours(suv, luxury cars, van and minivan might be pricier) in this case you are going to be taking the car yourself to the garage and recover it back when necessary/at departure, you can make the reservation yourself at the following link: www.garagelungarno.it using the promo code SCALETTA so that the garage knows where you are staying.
If the reservation is not made beforehand prices might be higher(starting from 33€ to 42€ per 24 hours).
Hotel La Scaletta al Ponte Vecchio
Via Guicciardini, 13 - 50125 Firenze (Italy)
+39 351 885 7078
+39 055 283 028
P.I. IT 05467090485
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