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Relais Santa Croce by Baglioni Hotels & Resorts vs Hotel Alba Palace
Both Hotel Alba Palace and Relais Santa Croce are rated very highly by expert reviewers. On balance, Relais Santa Croce scores significantly better than Hotel Alba Palace. Relais Santa Croce scores 89 with endorsements from 13 reviews such as Gayot, Oyster and Concierge.
Relais Santa Croce by Baglioni Hotels & Resorts
Michelin Guide
Concierge
Insight Guides
DK Eyewitness
Condé Nast Traveler
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Via Ghibellina 87, 50122 Florence
From $402 /night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Michelin Guide
"Fascinating atmosphere, frescoed halls and elegantly furnished rooms."
Concierge
"Inaugurated in spring 2005, this 24-room hotel offers luxurious accommodation and contemporary style in the shell of a grand, 18th-century palazzo close to the Duomo."
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When to go: Avoid August (it's hot and full of tourists) and January (cold and damp).
Insight Guides
"Recently restored by the stylish Baglioni group, this is an intimate palazzo for dangerous liaisons, with expansively opulent rooms that are matched by a noted restaurant, Guelfi e Ghibellini."
DK Eyewitness
"This wonderful hotel, in an 18th-century palazzo, is just a short stroll from Michelangelo’s house. Most of its luxurious rooms overlook the street."
Condé Nast Traveler
"This seventeenth-century residence in Florence’s trendy Santa Croce neighborhood has been deftly converted into an upscale 24-room hotel with a contemporary flair."
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Hotel Alba Palace
Star Service
Oyster
Michelin Guide
Via della Scala, 22/38r, 50123 Florence
From $60 /night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
Star Service
"This is an affordable, family friendly hotel that provides comfortable accommodations and a convenient location just two short blocks from the train station and Piazza di Santa Maria Novella."
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Oyster
Mid-Range
"In a convenient location near Santa Maria Novella Station, the mid-range Hotel Alba Palace is a mid-range hotel is walking distance to several of Florence’s top attractions."
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Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"This is one of the world's greatest museums."
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