"Another Ferragamo design hotel with a great location near the Ponte Veccuio, contemporary, muted interiors and original artwork."
Japanese minimalism may sound odd in the middle of medieval Florence at the Gallery Hotel Art, but in this design hotel in a cramped Florentine town palazzo it works extremely well.
This Gallery Hotel Art is perfectly positioned; a few steps from the Piazza Republica on one side and the Ponte Vecchio on the other, and just far enough off the main drag to make it relatively quiet at night.
The facilities
The concept behind this design hotel is to have a constantly changing art exhibition on the ground floor, a library of art books, and fusion cooking (Thai/Japanese), with minimalist décor in beige and cream colour tones, using grey stone and dark wood.
The rooms
The elevators and corridors at the Gallery Hotel Art are tiny, which helps this design hotel's 74 rooms feel generous, cool havens from the heat of the street outside. All rooms are air conditioned and equipped with wi-fi and satellite TV.
Floors are of dark stained African wood, bedheads of Florentine leather, doors thick and chunky and painted in cream. The art theme continues, with monochrome prints of architectural detail on the walls. You feel that if Brunelleschi had been a hotel designer, and alive today, this is what he would have come up with, as the grey and cream remind you of the Pazzi Chapel.
Bathrooms are cool and modern, with free standing sinks (two in the deluxe rooms). At the top of the design hotel, the penthouse has a terrace where you can sleep out at night under the stars - now that is what we call romantic. There are also several duplexes and ten junior suites in this design hotel with little sitting areas.
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Address: Vicolo dell'Oro 5, Florence, Italy
Rooms | suites: 74
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Address: Vicolo dell'Oro 5, Florence, Italy
Rooms | suites: 74
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Who stays here
A trendy, international clientele mixed with the Florentine elite.
Come for
- Great location between Piazza Republica and Ponte Vecchio
- Swotting up on art history - the library is heaving with glossy arty tomes
Not suitable for
- Shallow pockets and small budgets
- Traditionalists who want a Renaissance feel to their hotel room
Children
Babysitting services are available upon request.
Eating in
The Fusion Bar offers breakfast, brunch, dinner and aperitivi indoors or alfresco. As the name suggests, dishes include fusion fare as well as elegant Italian classics which attract the city's movers and shakers as well as the more sophisticated visitors to Florence. The adjoining Shozan Gallery is an added attraction.
