Four Seasons Hotel Firenze

Four Seasons Hotel Firenze occupies two Renaissance palaces — Palazzo della Gherardesca and the Convent — on Borgo Pinti, a ten-minute walk from the Duomo. Between them sits the Giardino della Gherardesca, one of the largest private gardens in the city, first planted in the 15th century and filled with statues, fountains and centuries-old trees. For events there is 3,019 sq m of function space across 15 rooms and outdoor settings. The Convent Ballroom is the largest indoor room at 176 sq m, taking 180 for a reception, 140 for a banquet and 84 classroom, with the 173 sq m Convent Terrace alongside it for 200 reception. The Gherardesca Ballroom on the first floor adds 107 sq m for 84 seated or 80 reception, and Sala Giardino (80 sq m), Giusti (78 sq m) and Capponi (46 sq m) work as breakouts. Donatello and Pinti are 25 sq m private dining rooms for eight. Outdoors is where the hotel is genuinely different. The Tempio Lawn runs to 1,695 sq m and holds 400 for a banquet or 350 for a reception; the Duomo-View Lawn (420 sq m) takes 200 seated with the cathedral dome as a backdrop; the Pool Deck handles 200 reception and the Cedro Garden 120. The Giusti Terrace suits smaller dinners of up to 70. With 121 rooms and suites, Michelin-starred dining, a spa and an outdoor pool, the hotel can hold a bedroom block, the conference and the gala dinner on one site — useful for board meetings, incentive programmes and European roadshow stops that need a hotel with its own grounds in the centre of Florence.