Relais Santa Croce Firenze

The Hotel Relais Santa Croce is located in the heart of the historic center of Florence, just 50m away from the Basilica of Santa Croce housing works of Giotto, Cimabue and Brunelleschi and within easy walking distance of the Uffizi Gallery and the Ponte Vecchio.

This unique 5 star hotel is situated in the Ciofi-Jacometti Palace, an imposing edifice built by the Pope's treasurer, Marquis Baldinucci, in the 1700's. A meticulous restoration program has ensured the recovery of the original architectural features and interiors comprising precious items of period furniture and stunning 18th century frescoes.

The 24 bedrooms are all beautifully furnished with antiques and decorative features such as boiserie wall panels and lavish drapes. All rooms offer the very latest in-room facilities including high speed internet access. The Relais Santa Croce boasts two magnificent Royal suites with fabulously high ceilings entirely covered in frescoes dating back to the 18th century. The "Da Verrazzano" and "Dei Pepi" suites offer the utmost in contemporary luxury including a fitness zone, oversize Jacuzzi bath, satin bed sheets and pillows selected according to preference from the catalogue. A 24 hour butler service is available to guests staying in these extremely special suites.

Guests dining at the hotel restaurant are treated to superb seasonal Tuscan dishes prepared with the finest locally sourced ingredients, many of which bought daily from Florence's legendary Sant Ambrogio Market. Relais Santa Croce has two elegant function rooms with a capacity for up to 70 people each and offering the latest in meeting room technology. A frescoed smoking room is available for the aficionados of quality cigars and tobacco.

The interior of the Hotel Relais Santa Croce is in perfect harmony with the exclusive position in the historical centre of Florence: in the very central Via Ghibellina, among Santa Croce Basilica and the Duomo (Santa Maria del Fiore), a few minutes from the Uffizi Gallery and from Ponte Vecchio.