Hotel Torre di Bellosguardo

Your own castle in the hills above Florence, Italy

Hotel Torre di Bellosguardo
Via Roti Michelozzi 2 - On Bellosguardo Hill—in the Oltrarno, west of Boboli—just off Piazza Bellosguardo where Via di Bellosguardo, Via Piana, and Via San Carlo meet
tel. +39-055-229-8145
www.torrebellosguardo.com
€€€€–€€€€€

Sights nearby
Exploring Bellosguardo Hill

Where to eat nearby
Alla Vecchia Bettola

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When most folks want that Florentine-hotel-in-the-hills fix, they head toward Fiesole.

Most folks are dead wrong.

The best "countryside" hotel in Florence lies on the south side of the Arno, on Bellosguardo Hill. Why is it the best?

This place feels more like a bona fide medieval/Renaissance castle than just about any other hotel in Italy, with 16 period rooms that (thank God) haven't been overhauled for modern tastes, but rather employ historic, genuine medieval furnishings and appointments.

These 16 simple but exquisite rooms are hidden away amid a warren of echoing halls with flying stone staircases down which you expect to see Errol Flynn come swashbuckling at any moment.

What's more, there's an amazing close-up panorama of the city just across the olive groves beyond the swimming pool.

If I had the scratch, this is where I would stay in Florence every single time (and now that the rate has come down as low as €160 per double online, I just might).

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Your own castle in the hills above Florence, Italy

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