Westin Excelsior
COST: $$$$$
As Featured In...
From Travel + Leisure, Aug 2003
“One difference between the Grand and the Excelsior is the difference between grand and grandiose. That's not a dig at the Excelsior. Indeed, with its monumental quadruple-width staircase, columns in multicolored marble, and painted ceilings divided into hundreds of coffered squares, the hotel gives flamboyance a good name. Leather walls spiked with gold stars lend the Donatello Bar a kind of forties swagger. Il Cestello is one of those adorably stiff-necked, old-fashioned restaurants with a lectern propping up a massive...” MORE>>
From the T+L 500
Remarkably restored 16th-century building on Piazza Ognissanti, close to the Uffizi.
- Stats:
- 171 rooms; 1 restaurant; 1 bar.
- Competitive Edge:
- Traditional Tuscan décor with modern amenities, including an impressive fitness center.
- Rooms to Book:
- Deluxes with views of the Arno.
- Don't Miss:
- A day trip to Tuscan wine country organized by the concierge.
lastArticle = 8/2003 and lastAward = 01/2008
