Hotel Regency
When you book Hotel Regency in Florence, Italy, through our withIN by SLH partnership, your stay includes daily continental breakfast for two and a hotel credit of $50-$100 USD per stay. You also receive a one-category room upgrade and early check-in when available. No premium credit card or membership needed: request a quote and our advisor books it at the same rate as booking direct.
Exclusive Booking Perks
These perks are included with your stay at the same rate as booking direct with the hotel.
- A credit worth $50-$100 (USD) per room, per stay to be spent only on extras such as F&B or Spa, only on property and during the stay
- Daily Continental breakfast for two people
- Room upgrade to next room category, subject to availability at the time of check-in
- Early check-in, subject to availability at the time of check-in
- Late check-out, subject to availability
Guest feedback
9.1/10 from 344 guest reviews
By category
Guests liked
- Very friendly and attentive staff / concierge
- Quiet, residential location near a park
- Charming historic building with ambiance
Points to consider
- Some rooms have poor sound insulation
- Occasional TV issues / limited TV channels
- Bathroom sanitary condition or bath amenities mediocre in some cases
Location
Hotel Regency sits in Quartiere 1, away from the crush of Via de' Tornabuoni but close enough to reach the Duomo in fifteen minutes on foot. The neighbourhood hums with a residential ease: pasticcerie open early for cornetti and cappuccino, the Mercato di Sant'Ambrogio half a kilometre away draws locals haggling over porcini and pecorino, and the narrow streets carry the scent of wood-fired ovens and espresso. This is Florence as it lives, not just as it performs for cameras.
The city's Renaissance past crowds every corner. Brunelleschi's dome rises above terracotta rooftops, the Uffizi sprawls along the Arno, and the Medici legacy lingers in palazzi and frescoed chapels. Florence was the crucible of modern European culture, bankrolled by wool merchants and shaped by Dante, Machiavelli, and Michelangelo. The Historic Centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, unfolds within a kilometre: Piazza della Signoria, Ponte Vecchio, the Basilica di Santa Croce.
Florence Airport sits six kilometres northwest, a short taxi ride. Pisa International is an hour west by train or car. The city is compact, walkable, built for slow discovery rather than rapid transit.
The property's restaurant scene connects to Florence's gastronomic heartland. Within walking distance, Enoteca Pinchiorri occupies a seventeenth-century palazzo on Via Ghibellina, holding three Michelin stars and serving Italian contemporary cuisine that honours Tuscan terroir while pushing technical boundaries. Just 266 metres away, Il Palagio commands the ground floor of Palazzo della Gherardesca, its single Michelin star reflecting in Murano glass chandeliers as diners work through tasting menus beneath marble columns. Book well ahead for both. Cantina Barbargianni and Oratio, two nearby wineries, offer tastings of Chianti Classico and Super Tuscans within walking distance.
The Historic Centre unfolds in concentric rings from here. The Mercato di Sant'Ambrogio, half a kilometre east, reveals Florence as Florentines live it: stalls piled with pecorino toscano, lampredotto vendors serving the city's beloved tripe sandwich, and aproned grandmothers debating the merits of San Marzano tomatoes. The Medici Villas and Gardens, a UNESCO site ten kilometres into the Tuscan hills, demonstrate how Renaissance patronage shaped landscape design across Europe. Start early to walk the terraced gardens before tour groups arrive.
Spring arrives with soft light and unpredictable skies. March and April bring afternoon showers but also wisteria cascading over garden walls and the city shaking off winter's quiet. By May, temperatures climb into the low twenties and the streets fill with lilac and jasmine.
Summer is relentless. July and August push past thirty degrees, the stones radiating heat long after sunset, the city slowing to an afternoon stupor. Early mornings and late evenings are the only comfortable hours for walking. September cools gradually, the crowds thinning, the light turning golden over the Arno.
Winter is damp and grey, rarely freezing but raw. January and February hover around ten degrees, occasional frosts silvering the terracotta rooftops. The museums are blissfully empty, the trattorias warm with wood smoke and simmering ragu. October through April offer the most pleasant touring conditions, especially late spring and early autumn when the air is mild and the light at its most forgiving.
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