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Tour Florence and its New Four Seasons Hotel

Simon Watson

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The Four Seasons is one of a handful of hotels in a part of Florence the Florentines still consider relatively unspoiled, on the right bank of the Arno. The city has warm, pleasant weather in the spring and fall. Many stores and restaurants close in August, when Italians flee the city heat for the coast.

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Destinations: Florence

Inspired by: Hotel Rooms with a View — by Gini Alhadeff, Published Sep. 2008

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Hotels (1)

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    Four Seasons Hotel, Firenze

    The hotel is housed in the former Palazzo della Gherardesca, designed by the Renaissance architect Sangallo, and painstakingly restored over seven

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Restaurants (6)

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    Il Palagio

    The hotel restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel, Firenze is serious and excellent. Chef Vito Mollica serves homemade pastas such as ricotta-and-mint... More
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    Trattoria Cibrèo

    The casual restaurant serves refined Tuscan cooking. More
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    Ruth's

    The city's best kosher option serves a mean lox, couscous, and falafel. More
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    Portofino

    The seafood restaurant boasts a canopied terrace and a branzino baked in salt that is a must-try. More
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    Osteria del Caffè Italiano

    A café with delicious small plates, located on the ground floor of a palazzo in Santa Croce. More
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    La Giostra

    The restaurant, so named because the long, vaulted space once housed a carousel, is a perfectly straightforward restaurant owned and run by Prince ... More
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Activities (7)

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    San Lorenzo Market

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    Botanical Gardens

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    Santissima Annunziata

    View the church's frescoes by Perugino, Andrea del Sarto, and Jacopo da Pantormo. More
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    San Marco Museum

    The museum includes the famed monks' cells with frescoes by Fra Angelico. More
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    National Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology

    The museum houses an impressive collection of African and Asian art. More
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    Brancacci Chapel

    The chapel contains The Expulsion of Adam and Eve, Masaccio's early Renaissance masterpiece. More
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    Archelogical Museum of Florence

    The musuem has held Medici collections of Etruscan, Roman, Greek, and Egyptian art since 1870. More
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