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The best hotels in Florence
Renaissance palazzi, Arno terraces and hillside villas above the Duomo
Florence has 15 hotels ranked in the finehotels.world index. Four Seasons Hotel Firenze leads on prestige score at 9.87 out of 10, followed by Collegio alla Querce, Auberge Collection and Palazzo Portinari Salviati Residenza D'Epoca. Of those, 14 hold MICHELIN Keys, 3 hold a Forbes Five Star rating, 1 have placed in The World's 50 Best Hotels, 2 are rated by La Liste.
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Florence hotels tend to be inherited rather than built. Fourteen of the 15 ranked properties here hold MICHELIN Keys, and several occupy named historic structures: Four Seasons Hotel Firenze fills the fifteenth-century Palazzo della Gherardesca and its walled garden near Borgo Pinti, while Palazzo Portinari Salviati stands on the Portinari family site on Via del Corso, frescoed and reopened as a residenza d'epoca.
The city's compact centre means most addresses sit within a short walk of the Duomo, the Uffizi and the Ponte Vecchio, which Hotel Lungarno faces directly across the water. Others trade proximity for space and view: Villa Cora above the Boboli Gardens, Villa La Massa on a bend of the Arno at Candeli, and Collegio alla Querce on the slope toward Fiesole.
Every ranked hotel in Florence
| Hotel | Prestige | Distinctions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four Seasons Hotel Firenze3 Keys · Forbes · 50 Best · La Liste · 116 rooms | 9.87 | 3 MICHELIN Keys; Forbes Five Star; World's 50 Best No. 9 in 2023, No. 19 in 2024, No. 9 in 2025; La Liste 98.5 |
| 2 | Collegio alla Querce, Auberge Collection2 Keys · 83 rooms | 5.99 | 2 MICHELIN Keys |
| 3 | Palazzo Portinari Salviati Residenza D'Epoca2 Keys · 13 rooms | 5.99 | 2 MICHELIN Keys |
| 4 | Villa Cora2 Keys · 43 rooms | 5.99 | 2 MICHELIN Keys |
| 5 | Villa La Massa2 Keys · 51 rooms | 5.99 | 2 MICHELIN Keys |
| 6 | Hotel Lungarno1 Key · Forbes · 63 rooms | 5.59 | 1 MICHELIN Key; Forbes Five Star |
| 7 | Brunelleschi Hotel1 Key · 96 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 8 | Grand Hotel Minerva1 Key · 97 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 9 | Hotel Savoy, a Rocco Forte HotelForbes · La Liste | 5.20 | Forbes Five Star; La Liste 98.0 |
| 10 | Riva Lofts Florence1 Key · 10 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 11 | Stella d'Italia1 Key · 24 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 12 | The Place Firenze1 Key · 20 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 13 | The St. Regis Florence1 Key · 99 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 14 | Torre di Bellosguardo1 Key · 16 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 15 | Velona's Jungle Luxury Suites1 Key · 4 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
Prestige score is shown out of 10. Sources: MICHELIN Guide hotel selection, Forbes Travel Guide 2026 Star Awards, The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2023 to 2025, La Liste Top 1000 Hotels.
Where to stay in Florence
Inside the walls, the riverfront Lungarni and the streets between Piazza della Repubblica and Santa Maria Novella hold most of the ranked rooms, with Oltrarno offering artisan workshops and quieter evenings; the villa properties cluster on the Bellosguardo, San Domenico and Fiesole hillsides, roughly ten to twenty minutes out by car.
When to go
April to June and September to October are the busiest months; July and August are hot and thinner, and the winter weeks outside Christmas are the quietest, though the Pitti fairs in January and June briefly tighten supply.
Common questions
What are the best hotels in Florence?
By prestige score, the three highest ranked hotels in Florence are Four Seasons Hotel Firenze, Collegio alla Querce, Auberge Collection, Palazzo Portinari Salviati Residenza D'Epoca. The score is a composite of MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five Star ratings, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025, and La Liste's hotel ratings. finehotels.world tracks 15 award holding hotels in Florence in total.
How many MICHELIN Key hotels are there in Florence?
Florence has 14 hotels holding MICHELIN Keys in this index, of which 1 hold the top rating of three Keys and 4 hold two Keys.
How are the hotels in Florence ranked on this page?
Each hotel is scored on a fixed formula built only from award facts, then shown on a scale of 5.00 to 10.00. MICHELIN Keys carry the most weight, a Forbes Travel Guide Five Star rating adds a flat six points, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are weighted equally, and a La Liste rating moves the total slightly. Nothing a hotel supplies about itself enters the score, and the full formula is published on the methodology page so any figure in the table can be reproduced from the awards beside it.
When is the best time to visit Florence?
April to June and September to October are the busiest months; July and August are hot and thinner, and the winter weeks outside Christmas are the quietest, though the Pitti fairs in January and June briefly tighten supply.
Which area of Florence should you stay in?
Inside the walls, the riverfront Lungarni and the streets between Piazza della Repubblica and Santa Maria Novella hold most of the ranked rooms, with Oltrarno offering artisan workshops and quieter evenings; the villa properties cluster on the Bellosguardo, San Domenico and Fiesole hillsides, roughly ten to twenty minutes out by car.