Hostel Florence - Villa Camerata
Florence - Villa Camerata
Viale Augusto Righi, 4
50137 Florence
Italy
Tel.
+39 055 601451
Fax.
+39 055 610300
Customer Rating
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You will never forget a holiday in Florence, all the more so if you choose the Youth Hostel " Villa Camerata" as a base for your city stay. The hostel indeed is a gorgeous villa of the 17th century surrounded by a huge park with high trees and enriched with a precious Italian garden with rare botanic species planted by the former owners. The Hostel offers a wide selection of services to its guests, whereas the city centre with all its attractions ( Uffizi Gallery, Piazza della Signoria etc ) can be easily reached.
The hostel Villa Camerata is a gorgeous villa of the 15th century decorated with stucco and frescoes and equipped with all modern comforts, sourrended by a huge park, away from the noise of the town but very close to the city center that can be easily reached by bus.
Villa Camerata is located at the bottom of the hill of Fiesole (beautiful village famous for the roman theatre and the archaeological museum), close to a public swimming pool, the soccer stadium and the Nelson Mandela forum that hosts important concerts, thetarical shows and cultural events.
The hostel offers the following wide selection of services to its guests: brakfast, dinner, bar, meeting rooms, satellite Tv, internet point (only 1 Euro per hour) and FREE WI-FI, public telephones, table tennis, table soccer, cinema, washing machines and dryers, telephone cards, city and tourist sight-seeing bus tickets, reservations for other hostels of the Association, reservations for tours in Florence and Tuscany, credit card payments, safe for valuables, parking and camping.
Apart from enjoying the relaxation in the garden and the entertainment offered by the hostel, here it's possible to meet young people and make friends from all over the world.
In the Hostel you will find a variety of offers regarding guided tours of: Florence and its worldwide famous museums, palaces and gardens, the most important towns in Tuscany (Pisa, Siena, Lucca, Arezzo, San Gimignano, Volterra...), the most famous medieval villages (Monteriggioni, Certaldo...), the picturesque Tuscan countryside (Chianti, Casentino, Crete senesi...). And furthermore: samples and/or wine and food courses (wine tasting, cooking course..) or cultural tours (typical Florentine workshops) or shopping (the most fasionable shops in town and outskirts' outlets).
The hostel offers various possibilities of accommodation: from the classic bed in a 4 beds dorm in separate males and females sections to single, twin, double, triple and quad private rooms with or without bathroom. We also have double or single rooms with bathroom in our camping or much space outdoor if you are well equipped.
According to the City Council resolution n. 230/33 of 06/20/2011, from July 1st the City of Florence will introduce the tourism tax, applied to non-residents overnight staying, for a maximum of 10 consecutive nights. The tourism tax rate is Euro 1 per night
The hostel Villa Camerata is a gorgeous villa of the 15th century decorated with stucco and frescoes and equipped with all modern comforts, sourrended by a huge park, away from the noise of the town but very close to the city center that can be easily reached by bus.
Villa Camerata is located at the bottom of the hill of Fiesole (beautiful village famous for the roman theatre and the archaeological museum), close to a public swimming pool, the soccer stadium and the Nelson Mandela forum that hosts important concerts, thetarical shows and cultural events.
The hostel offers the following wide selection of services to its guests: brakfast, dinner, bar, meeting rooms, satellite Tv, internet point (only 1 Euro per hour) and FREE WI-FI, public telephones, table tennis, table soccer, cinema, washing machines and dryers, telephone cards, city and tourist sight-seeing bus tickets, reservations for other hostels of the Association, reservations for tours in Florence and Tuscany, credit card payments, safe for valuables, parking and camping.
Apart from enjoying the relaxation in the garden and the entertainment offered by the hostel, here it's possible to meet young people and make friends from all over the world.
In the Hostel you will find a variety of offers regarding guided tours of: Florence and its worldwide famous museums, palaces and gardens, the most important towns in Tuscany (Pisa, Siena, Lucca, Arezzo, San Gimignano, Volterra...), the most famous medieval villages (Monteriggioni, Certaldo...), the picturesque Tuscan countryside (Chianti, Casentino, Crete senesi...). And furthermore: samples and/or wine and food courses (wine tasting, cooking course..) or cultural tours (typical Florentine workshops) or shopping (the most fasionable shops in town and outskirts' outlets).
The hostel offers various possibilities of accommodation: from the classic bed in a 4 beds dorm in separate males and females sections to single, twin, double, triple and quad private rooms with or without bathroom. We also have double or single rooms with bathroom in our camping or much space outdoor if you are well equipped.
According to the City Council resolution n. 230/33 of 06/20/2011, from July 1st the City of Florence will introduce the tourism tax, applied to non-residents overnight staying, for a maximum of 10 consecutive nights. The tourism tax rate is Euro 1 per night
Hostel bed capacity
| Beds per room: | Total beds |
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| Number of rooms: | 4 | 6 | 32 | 9 | 15 | 322 |
Opening times
| Opening times (daily/weekly): | 24h Rooms closed from 10,00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. Bus 11 from Santa Maria Novella train station. |
| Opening times (over the year): | 01 January - 31 December |
Street Map and Route Planning
Directions
| Bus: | # 11 from Central station Santa Maria Novella - Salviatino Stop in front of the hostel gate (500 m from the gate to the hostel). |
| Parking: | At the hostel |
| Sea port: | 99 km Livorno |
| Location: | 4 km North-East of city centre Highway exit Firenze Sud |
| Rail: | 5 km Central Station Santa Maria Novella |
| Airport: | 10 km `VESPUCCI' - From the airport shuttle to Santa Maria Novella train station and the bus 11 to the hostel |
Attractions
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Facilities
| Discounts and concessions available | Family rooms available | ||
| Suitable for wheelchair users | Breakfast in price | ||
| Hostel open 24h | TV room | ||
| Groups welcome | Common room(s) | ||
| Sheets in price | Laundry facilities | ||
| Internet access | Credit card accepted | ||
| Café/Bar | Meals available | ||
| Individual traveller welcome | Non smoking room/area | ||
| Basic store available at or near the hostel | Garden | ||
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Customer Reviews Florence - Villa Camerata
| 16 Jan 2012 Joseph, Canada | 77% | |
| A beautiful hostel but its a long walk from the bus stop. The hostel appears to be located in a park and the road to the hostel is poorly lit and potentially a great place for thieves to hide if they wished to prey on tourists. | ||
| 08 Jan 2012 Nicolas, Italy | 97% | |
| There is free wifi in all the hostel, also in my room. The hostel garden is very beautiful. Fortunately there is also a good and cheap restaurant inside, open for dinner, because other places are quite expensive. Staff is very nice, so you can ask them help to book the next hostel. | ||
| 07 Jan 2012 Hui, Netherlands | 77% | |
| Pretty good. | ||
| 03 Jan 2012 Shengyu, France | 77% | |
| located in wildness out of town, but the building is good and the staffs are nice... | ||
| 01 Jan 2012 David, England & Wales | 63% | |
| The place is as nice as any other HI hostel, but the staff were unfriendly and even rude. Additionally, the location is removed from the city centre and with limited access options. | ||
| 26 Dec 2011 Yixiong, England & Wales | 50% | |
| The hotel is on the top of a hill, far away from city center and train station. Breakfast is very terrible. Room is cold. No entertainment. | ||
| 14 Dec 2011 Yulia, Russia | 93% | |
| This hostel is in a nice green area of Florence, not too far from the city center, and the building itself is an old villa surrounded with vineyards and a big park. Of course, if you you want to stay in the city center you can choose any other between many hostels in Florence, but if you want to relax from the chaotic tourist invasion and have a special experience this is the best choice. Inside the villa there is also a nice small cafe' with food and drinks, so you don't need to come back out the hostel for your dinner. But if you want to taste Florence nightlife remember that the last bus for the hostel is at 1 a.m. | ||
| 14 Dec 2011 Yiting, England & Wales | 77% | |
| The 4-person-room is small and doesn't have many choices during breakfast. But the service is really good and the location is quite interesting. the house is really beautiful | ||
| 23 Nov 2011 Pedro, Brazil | 73% | |
| Breakfast was poor. Just bread to eat. Should have more variety.
Security was poor as well, as the closets on the rooms were not possible to lock. | ||
| 18 Nov 2011 Susan, England & Wales | 97% | |
| Fabulous hostel and enjoyed our stay. Lovely to sit on the terrace. Beautiful garden.Beds very comfortable. Very clean everywhere. Would have liked a self catering kitchen, or even a micro wave to use. Would have liked access to a kettle to make hot drinks. | ||






















