Four Seasons Hotel FirenzevsVilla San Michele, A Belmond Hotel, Florence
Four Seasons Hotel Firenze and Belmond Villa San Michele are both endorsed by experts. On balance, Four Seasons Hotel Firenze is preferred by most professionals compared to Belmond Villa San Michele. Four Seasons Hotel Firenze comes in at 95 with endorsements from 12 reviews including Travel + Leisure, The Telegraph and Condé Nast Traveler.
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Borgo Pinti 99, 50121 Florence
From $573/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
Michelin Guide
Star
"Extremely elegant... A truly exclusive place to stay."
Frommer's
"Perhaps the finest Four Seasons in Europe." Full review
Concierge
"From the American doorman in, service is impeccable, and the hotel is good with important little details like the freshly squeezed pineapple juice at breakfast."
Insight Guides
"Two Renaissance palazzi – the Gherardesca and the Conventino – have been converted by the Four Seasons group to become a new contender for the title of Florence’s top hotel."
DK Eyewitness
"Frescoes, bas-reliefs and original decorations give it a museum-like gravitas, yet the attentive service makes it feel like home."
Star Service
"A palpable primer painting Florence's zenith, this hotel is a living museum with human scale and ample human touches." Full review
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Guests can choose Chianti massages with wine fragrance and iris flower treatments for skin.
Gayot
"The property has 117 uniquely different guest rooms and suites that offer a variety of different views of the city."
Fodor's
"Seven years of restoration have turned this 15th-century palazzo in Florence's center into a luxury hotel where no two guest rooms are alike." Full review
Afar Magazine
"A bastion of true Renaissance luxury in a bustling city, the Four Seasons treats all guests like they’re the master of the house." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Following a massive building restoration, Florence’s 116-room Four Seasons hotel opened in June 2008." Full review
Villa San Michele, A Belmond Hotel, Florence
Via Doccia 4, 50014 Fiesole
From $534/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Michelin Guide
"Relax in the tranquil grounds of this elegant 15C building and enjoy the superb views of the city below."
Fodor's
"The cypress-lined driveway provides an elegant preamble to this incredibly gorgeous (and very expensive) hotel nestled in the hills of Fiesole." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"Once a monastery, the design of this hotel’s façade is attributed to Michelangelo."
Condé Nast Traveler
""You cannot beat the ambience" at this former monastery on a cliffside amid trees and terraced gardens just outside Florence." Full review
Afar Magazine
"The hotel’s expansive rooms are already decked out in the most tasteful, almost understated interpretation of Renaissance luxury." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"From its hillside perch just below the village of Fiesole, a northern suburb of Florence, the Villa San Michele overlooks the wide sprawl of the city." Full review
The Telegraph
9.0
"Villa San Michele — one of Florence’s most expensive hotels — is housed in an ancient former monastery, and combines Renaissance atmosphere with 21st-century comforts galore." Full review
Hideaway Report
96.0
"Sumptuously restored hilltop hotel (15 minutes by shuttle from city center) housed by a 15th-century Franciscan monastery commanding a glorious panoramic view of Florence." Full review
Independent
"This luxury hotel really knows how to look after its guests. It combines a historical atmosphere with 21st-century comforts; think rooms with rich fabrics and marble bathrooms."
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Michelin Guide
"Carved chests, austerely shaped chairs, glazed terracotta floors. None of that clutter that you find in your run-of-the-mill 18th-century palace hotel. The decor, in fact, almost looks minimalist." Full review
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Please note: Hotel Villa San Michele is a seasonal property open annually from the end of March through November.