The 30 Best Luxury Hotels in Florence

In Florence a pool is the exception, because the dense old town simply lacks the space. If you want to swim at a 5-star hotel in Florence, choose carefully: the hotels that do have one hide their pools in gardens, on rooftops or in old vaults.Collegio alla Querce Florence · PoolUp in the hills you swim with a view over the city. Our tip is the Collegio alla Querce Florence: the pool sits in the terraced gardens, with cabanas, a Vivoli gelato cart and the pool restaurant Il Bosco, which serves beneath pergolas and olive trees from May until September 30. In Fiesole, Belmond Villa San Michele has a heated panoramic pool looking out over Florence.Villa Cora Florence · PoolIf you want to swim in winter too, book Villa Cora Florence: the pool in its 900 m² Italian garden with more than 100 varieties of roses is heated to 26 °C in winter and open daily from 8 am to 8 pm. High above the rooftops of the old town lies the heated rooftop pool of the Grand Hotel Minerva Florence, with 360-degree views, reserved for hotel guests and open in season from April to October.

A garden with a pool in the city is what you get at the Sina Villa Medici Florence, a 5-star hotel west of the old town: the pool is open daily from 11 am to 7 pm in the summer months, with drinks from La Dolce Vita, the pool bar. Things are more relaxed at the 25hours Hotel Florence Piazza San Paolino: you can use the small pool in its Garden Lounge from April to October with a day pass.

Underground, you swim at the Palazzo Portinari Salviati Florence: in the Vita Nova SPA, the indoor pool with ozone therapy and water at 34 °C lies in the palazzo’s original vaults, with a Jacuzzi alongside. And if you’d like to rent an entire villa with family or friends, choose Villa Petrucci Florence in the Oltrarno, with a private pool at the end of its terraced lawn.

Some of the most unusual spas at the luxury hotels in Florence lie underground. At the Hotel Helvetia & Bristol Florence, LA SPA spreads over 550 m² on the very spot where the Roman baths of Florentia once stood: with a salt room, hammam, Finnish sauna, frigidarium and experience showers, plus a spa suite with its own sauna and whirlpool. The Vita Nova SPA at the Palazzo Portinari Salviati Florence uses the palazzo’s original vaults across 500 m², with an indoor pool, Jacuzzi, Finnish sauna and Turkish bath; it can also be booked as a day spa.Hotel Number Nine Florence · SpaAt the villas, a spa visit becomes a small excursion. At Villa Cora Florence you reach Spa BENe through an underground tunnel: it lies beneath the Villino Eugenia, with a tepidarium, sauna, steam room, Jacuzzi and signature treatments by Natura Bissé. The spa at Belmond Villa San Michele is brand new: in 2026 Guerlain set up three treatment rooms in the former convent, including a suite for two, complemented by a program from La DoubleJ with an Energy Chapel, a Sungazing Lounge and a yoga deck in the woods.

For couples, we recommend the Collegio alla Querce Florence: Aelia, An Auberge Spa focuses on Tuscan rituals with infusions from the hotel’s own gardens and olive groves, couples’ treatments overlooking the garden terraces, and movement programs and retreats.

If you book a 5-star hotel in the old town, expect smaller and more personal spas. The Hotel Savoy, a Rocco Forte Hotel, Florence has a two-level spa suite on the fifth floor: upstairs a relaxation area with a 180-degree view over Florence, downstairs the treatment room facing the Duomo; treatments use products from the Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella. At the Tivoli Palazzo Gaddi Florence every massage begins with the Tivoli Signature Foot Ritual, and the wet area has a sauna, steam room and experience shower, open daily from 9 am to 9 pm.

If you want more than a massage, book the Hotel Number Nine Florence, a small 5-star hotel near the Medici Chapels: the spa includes a sauna, Turkish bath, whirlpool, ice bath, a reflexology path and a relaxation area with a 4K home cinema, plus a medical spa staffed by doctors.

The selection starts at 141 € at the Hotel Indigo Florence near the station and goes up to 849 € at Portrait Florence by the Ponte Vecchio. Half of the luxury hotels in Florence are between 250 and 450 € a night. Location alone does not set the price, though: on Piazza Santa Maria Novella you can stay at the watch-themed L'Orologio Firenze from 159 € and at The Place Florence from 500 €. All other hotels appear with their current rates in the hotel list below.

Villa Petrucci Florence is in a class of its own: a private villa rented for a minimum of seven nights, with 500 € in concierge credit per stay and, on request, a private chef and a property manager.

What is included at all 28 luxury hotels: daily breakfast for two and an upgrade subject to availability; 27 of them add early check-in and late check-out subject to availability. At IL Tornabuoni Hotel Florence the upgrade is confirmed at booking, though not from a room to a suite. The benefits usually apply from the first night; six hotels require two nights, including the Palazzo Vecchietti Florence and the 25hours Hotel Florence Piazza San Paolino.

With the hotel credit it pays to compare, because every 5-star hotel in Florence handles it differently. 100 US dollars is the standard at 19 hotels. It is especially flexible at the Collegio alla Querce Florence, where the credit applies to the spa, food, drinks and all hotel services; at Belmond Villa San Michele it rises to 220 US dollars in the suites.Hotel Indigo Florence · Rooms & suitesFor suite guests the details matter: for stays of two nights or more, a further 100 US dollars is added at The St. Regis Florence from the Junior Suite upward, at the Hotel Savoy, a Rocco Forte Hotel, Florence for suites and at two more hotels for selected suites.

Smaller amounts of 25 to 50 US dollars are offered at five hotels. The Palazzo Portinari Salviati Florence, Villa Cora Florence, Portrait Florence and The Place Florence rely on Leaders Club points instead.

On top come special extras: from the Heritage Suite and two nights, you get daily access to the Roman Baths for two at the Hotel Helvetia & Bristol Florence. Airport pick-up is offered at two hotels, for example at the Brunelleschi Hotel Florence from the Junior Suite upward and two nights.

At Belmond Villa San Michele the shuttle to Florence and mineral water in your room are included, plus a 500 US dollar voucher for your next Belmond booking once your booking reaches 10,000 US dollars. A welcome gift awaits at ten hotels, such as the Hotel Savoy, a Rocco Forte Hotel, Florence.

Points and status can be collected at 19 of the 29 luxury hotels, across nine programs: the Leaders Club with six hotels, Marriott Bonvoy with four, GHA Discovery and I Prefer with two each, plus one hotel each for ALL (Accor), World of Hyatt, IHG One Rewards, Hilton Honors and Fans of Mandarin Oriental. Our tip for Hyatt members is IL Tornabuoni Hotel Florence on Via de’ Tornabuoni, for Accor members the 25hours Hotel Florence Piazza San Paolino.

When it is at its best: from April to June and in September and October, when the roof terraces and garden pools are open and the evenings are long. When it is quieter: from November to March – the museums feel more like your own, and the spas in the vaults of the palazzi come into their own. When to book a 5-star hotel in Florence early: for Easter and for the weeks of the Pitti Uomo fashion fair in January and June.

How long to stay: three to four nights – two for the Duomo, the Uffizi and the Oltrarno, one for an evening at a Michelin-starred restaurant and one for the view from the hills.