Casa Howard

That means burying blandness in favour of original and imaginatively themed rooms. BandB is far too pedestrian a term to describe these two award-winners 10-rooms each extravaganzas in old palazzi just yards from the Spanish Steps in Rome and Piazza Santa Maria Novella in Florence. Ancient features are axiomatic in Florence or Rome and there is no cheating at the hotel, highly regarded, parquet and stone floors, heavy wood doors, marble chimney pieces and fine artworks. Twin this with all the warmth of a private home plus cannot do enough service and you are in clover. Visitors appreciate the hotel provides the charm of a private house with the standard of personal service you would expect from a 5 star hotel. However it is the striking decor and luxurious little extras, valued throughout,breakfast is brought to your room, that turn a stay here into a treat.