Gallery Hotel ArtvsHelvetia & Bristol Firenze -Starhotels Collezione
Helvetia & Bristol Firenze - Starhotels Collezione and Gallery Hotel Art are both praised by travel writers. On balance, Helvetia & Bristol Firenze - Starhotels Collezione scores significantly better than Gallery Hotel Art. Helvetia & Bristol Firenze - Starhotels Collezione is ranked #4 in Florence with accolades from 11 publications including Forbes Travel Guide, Rough Guide and Oyster.
Gallery Hotel Art Show All Reviews
Vicolo dell 'Oro, 5, 50123 Florence
From $161/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Michelin Guide
"Contemporary design by a well known architect and cosmopolitan art exhibited as if in a museum, are the ingredients of the uniqueness and fascination of this really "modern" hotel."
Concierge
"The hotel is popular with fashion and film types, but don't worry: Regular tourists are tolerated too."
Travel + Leisure
"Only a two-minute walk from the Ponte Vecchio, the 74-room Gallery Hotel Art is popular with members of the fashion industry thanks to its stylish interiors by local designer Michele Bönan." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"The lobby and library of this eight-storey boutique hotel also double as a contemporary art gallery."
Star Service
"A stone's throw from the Uffizi and Ponte Vecchio, this stylish pioneer is wedged between its siblings (the streamlined all-suite Lungarno Suites and the newer, retro Continentale)." Full review
Rough Guide
"In a small, quiet square a few paces from the Ponte Vecchio, this immensely stylish four-star is unlike any other hotel in central Florence."
Afar Magazine
"The Gallery Hotel Art isn’t the flashiest stay, but it is the kind of place you can relax and unwind and feel like you aren’t living in the Renaissance days." Full review
Oyster
Upscale
"The Gallery Hotel art is a 74-room, upscale boutique property with sophisticated contemporary decor and rotating art installations." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"The name of this central Florence hotel pinpoints its remit: to act as a hotel and art gallery at the same time." Full review
Mr & Mrs Smith
"Clean lines and minimalist interiors are a charming contrast to the flagstone streets and centuries-old architecture outside." Full review
Helvetia & Bristol Firenze -Starhotels Collezione Show All Reviews
Via Dei Pescioni 2, 50123 Florence
From $235/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
Michelin Guide
"This elegant 19C hotel evokes the charm of bygone days."
Concierge
"One of central Florence's best small hotels, the Helvetia & Bristol has had a distinguished history, with Stravinsky, Gabriele d'Annunzio, Pirandello, and Bertrand Russell among its past guests."
Fodor's
"Painstaking care has gone into making this hotel one of the prettiest and most intimate in town." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"The views are the trump card at Florence’s Hotel Helvetia & Bristol, where all 67 rooms and suites look onto the Renaissance city." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"With five-star traditions but a more boutique feel, this hotel is full of pieces from the owner’s art collection – you might find a 17th- or 18th-century painting above your bed."
Star Service
"Around the corner from the more subdued Hotel de la Ville, this is an almost hallowed home-away-from home with a house-proud staff that feels at times like family." Full review
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Guests must request smoke-free digs.
Rough Guide
"In business since 1894 and favoured by such luminaries as Pirandello. Stravinsky and Gary Cooper, this is undoubtedly Florence's finest small five-star hotel."
Jetsetter
"If you ever dreamed of being a de' Medici princess cavorting in a Botticelli landscape, Florence's Hotel Helvetia & Bristol provides your elegant palazzo away from home. In a great centro..." Full review
Oyster
Luxury
"The luxury Helvetia & Bristol Hotel is a late 19th-century, palazzo-style hotel with an Old World, aristocratic air." Full review
Forbes Travel Guide
Recommended
"Exuding endless amounts of Old World charm, Hotel Helvetia & Bristol is located in Florence’s historic center and in one of the city’s prettiest squares." Full review
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The idyllic terrace outside is a superb spot to dine alfresco without the heavy traffic other central areas tend to get — be sure to toast your dinner companion with Italy’s answer to champagne, a glass of Franciacorta Cuvée Satèn.