Where is Four Seasons Hotel Firenze?

At Borgo Pinti 99, in the San Giovanni quarter of Florence. The nearest tram stop is Unità, on lines T1 and T2, beside Santa Maria Novella station, about 1.4 kilometres away.

Which museums and sights are near Four Seasons Hotel Firenze?

Accademia Gallery is 600 m away, Florence Cathedral is 950 m away, Bargello National Museum is 1.0 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.

Does Four Seasons Hotel Firenze have a swimming pool?

Yes. It has An outdoor pool in the garden.

When did Four Seasons Hotel Firenze open?

In 2008. It has rooms and suites in a Renaissance palace and in a former convent across its garden.

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Four Seasons Hotel Firenze

From the street it is a plain door in Borgo Pinti. Behind it is a courtyard of Renaissance reliefs and then, where no one expects it, a park of old trees inside the city walls.

Class: Five-star hotel
Opened: 2008
Rooms: Rooms and suites in a Renaissance palace and in a former convent across its garden
Area: Borgo Pinti

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What sets Four Seasons Hotel Firenze apart

The garden
The Giardino della Gherardesca covers more than four hectares, with lawns, statues, a small temple and old trees. It is said to be the largest private garden in the city.
The palace
Palazzo della Gherardesca was built between 1473 and 1480 for Bartolomeo Scala, chancellor of the Florentine republic. Its square courtyard, lined with reliefs, is the oldest part.
A pope's house
In 1585 the palace passed to Cardinal Alessandro de' Medici, archbishop of Florence, who was later elected pope as Leo XI. He had its chapel and rooms painted.
The convent
A second building at the far side of the garden, once a convent, holds more rooms and has its own entrance.

What it has

Private garden
Outdoor pool
Spa
Restaurant Il Palagio
Bar
Fitness room

Where Four Seasons Hotel Firenze is

Address

Borgo Pinti 99
50121 Florence, Italy

Nearest tram

Unità, on lines T1 and T2, beside Santa Maria Novella station, about 1.4 kilometres away

Museums and sights nearby

Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.

A chancellor's palace, opened as a hotel in 2008

Bartolomeo Scala, a miller's son who rose to be chancellor of Florence and a trusted man of Lorenzo the Magnificent, had the house built on farmland just inside the walls. It passed by inheritance to the Medici in 1585 and later to the della Gherardesca counts, whose name it keeps.

The palace and its annexes were restored for Four Seasons, and the hotel opened in June 2008.