Four Seasons Hotel Firenze

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May 1, 2014 by EXPERT

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Our next hotel was the Four Seasons Florence. After all the enthusiastic reviews here I had the highest expectation. We booked via FSPP/ Virtuoso. On arrivial we were immediately greeted and escorted to the reception. The lobby is really impressive and is a transformed courtyard. You see a lot of art and with all the paintings you feel that you are inside a palace. You even find a small chapel which you can rent for private dining or weddings.

Room

We booked a Junior Suite and got one in the main building. OK, online the next suite-category was available, but I didn`t argue. The room itself had a spacious corridor and a nice bathroom. Big shower, a tub, 2 sinks and a separate toilet. It was partly furnished like a normal room with a candelier. The room was a bed/ living combination and not too big. Therefor it was nicely furnished, the mattress was good. The use quality all the way. In fact it was one of the best "rooms" I stayed in also I must say, that I like 2 rooms.

Garden

The hotel has lovely gardens with many sculptures. A real highlight! Even if it wasn´t summer we enjoyed walks through the garden and you can really call it an oasis.

SPA


The Spa is in the garden in a separate building. It has an outdoor pool with a jaccuzzi. While the pool was closed during our stay, we enjoyed the jaccuzzi. I guess that it´s great to stay inside the city but to have a resort-like pool in the summer. My wife had a treatment and found it good.

Dining

Breakfast was a combination of ordered warm dishes and a buffet. The quality was very good, especially the patisserie. The had nice freshly squeezed juices with a special every day. I highly recommed the buffet, because to order a la carte is much more expensive, even if you only order few things.

You can eat at the bar or the restaurant. The bar is open all day. We ha tea one day and one evening dinner. A highlight is the tiramisu-cocktail, which tastes amazing. Another special is their Sacher-Torte-cocktail, but it`s only for people who like their drinks very very sweet. Food comes from the main restaurant and with a price tag. I would recommend to eat at some of the great restaurants near by which are much cheaper and sometimes even better.

The restaurant Il Palagio has a Michelin-star. We ate at Il Palagio and were pleasently surprised. While their Vegetarian menu was uninspired, they had a nice seafood selection. The quality was good as you may expect from a one star. But you shoudn`t expect too much.
 

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One day was my wife`s birthday and I have to say the treatment was great. At breakfast she got a little cake, at her SPA-treatment she got a free facial treatment, at Il Palagio she got a raspery-puff pastry desert with a rose and finally in our room waited a bottle of Prosecco with a chocolate-cake. Great!

We used the concierge only for dinner-reservations. All people were really helpful and the recommondations were priceless.

Over all you can say service is nearly perfect and not "Italian".

Overall

The FS Florence is a really good hotel, which we enjoyed. If I ever come back to Florence, I will stay here again.I don´t know if it is the best city-hotel in Europe, but it comes near.
 


































































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