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Il Salviatino

Il Salviatino is one of the best-known villas round Florence, rebuilt in the sixteenth century for the Salviati and lived in, four hundred years later, by Ugo Ojetti, the most influential Italian art critic of his day.

Class
Five-star hotel
Opened
2010
Rooms
39 rooms and suites
Area
Fiesole hills

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    What sets Il Salviatino apart

    1. The terrace

      The front of the villa looks south-west over its park to the dome and towers of Florence, about four kilometres away.

    2. The Salviati

      Alamanno Salviati bought the house in 1531 and had it rebuilt. The family kept it until the line died out in 1823, and the district still carries its name.

    3. Ojetti's house

      In the twentieth century it was the home of the writer and critic Ugo Ojetti, who restored it and filled it with his library and his guests.

    4. The park

      A park of garden and wood surrounds the house, with a pool on a lower terrace.

    What it has

    • Park
    • Outdoor pool
    • Spa
    • Restaurant with a terrace
    • Bar

    Where Il Salviatino is

    Address

    Via del Salviatino 21
    50137 Florence, Italy

    Nearest tram

    Unità, on lines T1 and T2, beside Santa Maria Novella station, about 4 kilometres away

    Museums and sights nearby

    Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.

    Six centuries of owners

    The house belonged to the Baldesi in the fourteenth century and to the Bardi in the fifteenth, then to the Salviati for three hundred years. The poet Francesco Redi praised it in verse in 1685.

    After a long period of neglect the villa was restored, and the hotel opened in 2010.

    Il Salviatino: common questions

    Where is Il Salviatino?
    At Via del Salviatino 21, in the the Salviatino district, at the foot of the hill of Fiesole of Florence. The nearest tram stop is Unità, on lines T1 and T2, beside Santa Maria Novella station, about 4 kilometres away.
    Which museums and sights are near Il Salviatino?
    Accademia Gallery is 3.3 km away, Basilica of Santa Croce is 3.5 km away, Florence Cathedral is 3.7 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the hotel.
    Does Il Salviatino have a swimming pool?
    Yes. It has An outdoor pool in the park.
    When did Il Salviatino open?
    In 2010. It has 39 rooms and suites.

    What visitors say about Il Salviatino

    Rating from Google

    4.7

    380 ratings on Google

    Google's figures as read on 11 October 2026.

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