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Hotel Abbazia
ABOVE: The garden of the Hotel Abbazia.
INSET: A view of the Scalzi Church across the courtyard, and the monks'
pulpit in the hotel lounge.
Category:
Three-star hotel.
Location: Down a quiet side street
near the Santa
Lucia Railroad Station.
Convenient when:
 You
want a comfortable, interesting, moderately-priced hotel near the train
station but off the main tourist route.
Don't let the location fool you: Despite its proximity to the
Ferrovia (as locals call the railroad station), the Abbazia offers
a healthy dose of charm and history.
 The
50-room hotel is in a former Carmelite monastery, and the huge lounge
(once the abbey's refectory) still contains a wooden pulpit where monks
used to read from the Scriptures during meals. In nice weather, you can
have breakfast or relax after sightseeing in the restored monastery
garden.
Several categories of rooms are available (with some overlooking the
garden), and free Wi-Fi is offered throughout the hotel.
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Aerial photos:
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In the first photo, the Hotel Abbazia is near the
top of the frame, down the Calle Priuli dei Cavalletti just behind
the Scalzi Church and the railroad station. Near the bottom left
corner of the image is the
Calatrava Bridge,
which leads into the Piazzale
Roma (where you can catch
airport buses,
land taxis, or the
People Mover to
the
Marittima cruise basin and the
Tronchetto
parking island).
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The second photo is a close-up of the Calle Priuli
dei Cavalletti. The Hotel Abbazzia is near the bottom of the
picture, by the word "Cavalletti."
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