The 12 Best Hotels in Florence

Behind an unmarked stretch of wall on a quiet avenue sits what amounts to a Renaissance museum you can sleep in. The hotel spans two historic palazzi, with bas-relief friezes, restored frescoes, and silk wallpaper filling corridors that connect to one of Florence's largest private gardens. The pool runs ninety feet, the spa has ten treatment rooms, and a shuttle ferries guests to the Uffizi. Ranked ninth on the World's 50 Best Hotels list, it holds a Forbes Five Star.

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A Forbes Five Star boutique hotel on the Arno from the Ferragamo family's Lungarno Collection, Portrait Firenze skips the reception desk entirely in favor of a cream-and-gray lounge stocked with vintage art and a personal cocktail on arrival. Architect Michele Bonan channeled mid-century dolce vita throughout, and the result feels less like checking in than borrowing a very well-connected friend's Florentine address, steps from the Ponte Vecchio.

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Sitting on Piazza della Repubblica, Florence's great central square, Hotel Savoy is a Forbes Five Star property where the lobby and terrace bar got a color-drenched refresh from Laudomia Pucci, of that Pucci family. Rooms follow an Olga Polizzi design with proper views over the piazza. It's old-school grand on the outside and sharply contemporary inside, which sums up what this city keeps trying to do with itself.

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A luxury boutique hotel built inside a medieval church and a round Byzantine tower that happens to be the oldest standing structure in Florence. The rooms fold contemporary design into genuinely ancient bones, so you go to sleep under modern linen and wake up inside a thousand years of history. Forbes Four Star. Guests who pace the corridors looking slightly stunned are not lost; they are having the correct reaction.

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Borgo San Iacopo puts you close enough to the Ponte Vecchio that you can watch the light change on the arches from your window. This Forbes Four Star hotel is the flagship of the Ferragamo family's Florentine portfolio, dressed in white and blue with a quiet maritime lean and more than 450 pieces of 20th-century art on the walls, Picasso and Cocteau among them. Order a negroni in the Picteau Lounge and the Arno does the rest.

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A converted Renaissance palazzo turned boutique hotel, a short walk from the Duomo and just off Via Tornabuoni. The building does most of the talking, with stone archways and period detail that feel less like decor and more like geology. Outside, central Florence hums at full volume; inside, it goes quiet in a way that surprises you every time. Forbes Four Star.

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Check-in happens beside a fireplace, with a cocktail in hand and no reception desk in sight. The Place Firenze is a boutique hotel on Piazza Santa Maria Novella, done up like a Florentine townhouse: gold-plated mirrors, deep sofas, smiling staff who seem to know you. The train station and Via Tornabuoni are both a short walk away, which the guests, a quietly eclectic mix of musicians, royals, and artists, seem to appreciate. It holds a Forbes Four Star.

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A Renaissance palazzo on the Arno, with frescoes and a vaulted painted-glass ceiling that make even breakfast feel like a state occasion. The St. Regis Florence is a grand luxury hotel on Piazza Ognissanti, holding a Forbes Four Star. The library has a chess set and a low-key celebrity problem. Spend an afternoon there with a Brunello Bloody Mary and you'll understand why the ballroom books up with weddings that require their own documentary crews.

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A small luxury hotel on one of Florence's prettiest squares, steps from the Duomo and the designer-boutique circuit. The rooms lean heavily into old-school grandeur, dark wood and heavy drapes, the kind of place where a Nobel laureate or two have reportedly slept without complaint. The staff is discreet in that old European way, meaning they solve problems before you notice them. A quiet, well-positioned base for people who'd rather not explain where they're staying.

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Frescoed ceilings and gilded mirrors fill this boutique hotel tucked into an 18th-century palazzo on Via Ghibellina, where the historic center slides between medieval and Renaissance without breaking a sweat. It spent centuries as a private residence for Florentine nobility, and the bones show, but the armchairs are deep and the staff makes you feel like a guest rather than a tourist who wandered into a museum after hours.

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A freestanding statue of a dog holds court in the gilded, Acqua del Elba-scented lobby, which sets the tone for this stately 19th-century hotel in the Porta al Prato neighborhood, close to Santa Maria Novella station but just far enough from the tour groups. Juventus and film royalty alike have checked in over the years. The outdoor pool, tucked into a green garden, is the rare Florence luxury, and Harry's Bar runs the poolside food and drinks.

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A former boarding school on the northern hillside above Florence, converted into a five-star resort with enough restraint that the frescoes and coffered ceilings stayed put. Original classrooms are now suites with hand-painted walls, stone bathrooms, and small wine cellars, all looking out over the Duomo from a comfortable distance. The Auberge Collection's Italian debut landed a spot on The 50 Discovery list.

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