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Set in old Florence just a few steps away from Santa
Maria Novella, Hotel Croce di Malta is the ideal place to find rest
after an intense workday, an important conference or a lengthy visit to Florentine
monuments.
The hotel is located in what up until the mid 1800’s was the old Suore della Carità (Sisters of Charity) convent, which offered hospitality to Florence’s “poor, virtuous maidens”.
The convent was built on a pre-existing building from Roman times. Marble sculptures and reliefs date back from this period, as well as a splendid column decorated with an Ionic capital that can still be admired today in various areas of the hotel. Its structure is a harmonious fusion of Tuscan renaissance forms and contemporary architectural design. The rooms and interior decoration stem from essential, pure geometrical forms where the meticulous play of full and empty shapes creates a special, modern ambience.
The hotel is located in what up until the mid 1800’s was the old Suore della Carità (Sisters of Charity) convent, which offered hospitality to Florence’s “poor, virtuous maidens”.
The convent was built on a pre-existing building from Roman times. Marble sculptures and reliefs date back from this period, as well as a splendid column decorated with an Ionic capital that can still be admired today in various areas of the hotel. Its structure is a harmonious fusion of Tuscan renaissance forms and contemporary architectural design. The rooms and interior decoration stem from essential, pure geometrical forms where the meticulous play of full and empty shapes creates a special, modern ambience.
The hotel encloses a lovely inner garden with swimming
pool, a small jewel rarely found in Florence’s centre. Enjoy tranquillity
and relax among magnolias and wisterias, sunbathe or take a refreshing dip
in the pool. From the last floor you can reach the spacious panoramic
terrace, yet another one of the hotel's enviable assets with a bar
available for cocktails on sunny days. From here the eyes take in an evocative,
sweeping 360-degree vista comprising of the elegant, sophisticated shape of
the Duomo against the backdrop of Florentine hills, the red
cupola by Brunelleschi, the whiteness of the marble embellished with green
of the glorious Santa Maria Novella façade and its soaring Romanic-Gothic
bell tower. At sunset this wondrous view lights up with all the nuances of
red, yellow and gold springing forth from rooftops and building façades.
