Florence
Renaissance palaces and the Negroni. 12 places, chosen and checked for 2026.
Florence is the Renaissance with a dinner reservation: a three-star restaurant with one of the world's great cellars, palazzo hotels and the city where the Negroni was born.
Four Seasons Hotel Firenze
Two Renaissance palazzi set in the largest private garden in Florence, a short walk from the Duomo.
Portrait Firenze
The Ferragamo family's all-suite hotel on the Arno, right beside the Ponte Vecchio.
Hotel Savoy
A Rocco Forte hotel on the Piazza della Repubblica, a few minutes' walk from the Duomo and the Uffizi.
Enoteca Pinchiorri
Florence's only three-star restaurant, in a 17th-century palazzo, built around one of the greatest wine cellars in the world.
Santa Elisabetta
Rocco De Santis's two-star restaurant inside a Byzantine tower, entered through the Hotel Brunelleschi.
Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura
Massimo Bottura's osteria inside the Gucci Garden building on the Piazza della Signoria.
Il Palagio
Paolo Lavezzi's restaurant on the ground floor of the Palazzo della Gherardesca, opening onto the hotel's Renaissance garden.
Borgo San Jacopo
A starred restaurant on the river at the Hotel Lungarno, with a terrace over the Arno near the Ponte Vecchio.
