Passing to Florence for the imperdible BTO Buy Tourism Online, the top event dedicated to online travel that this year I also participated as a speaker, I had the amazing opportunity to experience the experience of hospitality of the Four Seasons Hotel Firenze staying in the Florentine hotel of the prestigious hotel chain, undoubtedly one of the jewels of the Italian hotel.
In fact, simply define the complex formed by the Renaissance Palazzo della Gherardesca and the Conventino, for five centuries residences of the Florentine nobility, overlooking the quiet of the Garden of Gherardesca, the largest private park in the city, sounds quite reductive. Perfectly in line with the canons of the Canadian hotel chain, the Four Seasons Hotel Firenze interprets at the highest level the spirit of the city in which it rises, translating it into an extraordinary place devoted to the excellence of hospitality, among luxurious environments, an innate elegance and almost maniacal attention to detail.
From the austere facade on Borgo Pinti it is difficult to guess the magnificence of the interior, but just crossed the threshold, here is that the great lobby set in the interior court decorated with bas-reliefs and frescoes commissioned by Alessandro dei Medici in the 1500s, brings us back in time, in the full Renaissance. It took seven years of meticulous restoration to bring back to the ancient splendor the architectural details, vaulted ceilings, drawers or histories, monumental fireplaces, paintings and precious "crafted decorations" that make unique the two palaces, enhanced by works of art, sumptuous Murano glass chandeliers and classic-style furnishings designed by the designer Pierre-Yves Rochon in the shades of the yellow
A warm yellow like the Tuscan sun is the dominant shade in my suite on the third floor, spacious and bright, also because it overlooks with a large terrace on the green screziato with autumn colours of the park. Definitely worthy of note is the bathroom, where in a triumph of marbles camping an old style bath, flanked by an elegant furniture in style with double washbasin on which are scattered the amenities, shampoos, shower foam, body lotion, created exclusively by the artisan perfumer Lorenzo Villoresi in his Florentine atelier according to original techniques of the Renaissance alchemists (fo...)
