Il Salviatino
When you book Il Salviatino in Florence, Italy, through our Virtuoso partnership, your stay includes daily buffet breakfast for up to two guests and a $100 USD resort or hotel credit. You also receive a room upgrade, early check-in and late check-out 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.
- Upgrade on arrival, subject to availability
- Daily Buffet breakfast for up to two guests per bedroom, served in the restaurant
- $100 USD equivalent Resort or Hotel credit to be utilized during stay (not combinable, not valid on room rate, no cash value if not redeemed in full)
- Guests booked in a Greenhouse Suite, Suite, or Ojetti Suite will also receive a gift of sweets and a complimentary bottle of prosecco.
- Early Check-In / Late Check-Out, subject to availability
Guest feedback
9.4/10 from 298 guest reviews
By category
Guests liked
- Beautiful property
- Great location
- Attentive service
Points to consider
- High restaurant prices
- Pool area could be improved
Location
Il Salviatino occupies a quiet hillside in Fiesole, the Etruscan settlement turned wealthy Florentine retreat that rises five kilometres northeast of the city. Since the fourteenth century, this scenic height has drawn Florence's upper classes to its formal villa gardens and panoramic terraces, and that exclusivity persists: Fiesole remains the most affluent suburb of the Renaissance capital, its stone lanes lined with centuries-old estates and cypress-studded slopes. The air here feels lighter than in the crowds below, and the views stretch across terracotta rooftops to the Duomo's unmistakable dome.
Florence itself, the birthplace of the Renaissance, spreads below in a tangle of medieval streets and palazzos that once housed the Medici dynasty. The Historic Centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1982, holds six centuries of artistic and political legacy: Dante's language became the foundation of modern Italian here, and Brunelleschi's dome still defines the skyline. The neighbourhood of Maiano, where the property sits, offers both seclusion and proximity to the city's treasures.
Florence Airport at Peretola lies eight kilometres southwest, a brief transfer through Tuscan hillside roads. Pisa International sits 74 kilometres west for travellers connecting through a second gateway.
Serrae Villa Fiesole, a one-Michelin-starred restaurant within a boutique hotel just over a kilometre away, serves Italian contemporary cuisine in a light-filled space with an open kitchen. For deeper gastronomic ambition, descend to Enoteca Pinchiorri, three kilometres south on Via Ghibellina, where three Michelin stars and a seventeenth-century palazzo frame one of Italy's most legendary dining experiences. The restaurant's wine cellar alone merits the journey.
Fiesole's own treasures lie within walking distance: Etruscan walls, a Roman theatre, the Basilica di Sant'Alessandro. Florence's historic centre, a UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed in 1982, spreads four kilometres south. Book a table at the Mercato di Sant'Ambrogio for trippa alla fiorentina and ribollita among locals rather than tour groups. The market opens early; arrive before ten. Beyond the city, the Medici villas and gardens scattered across the Tuscan countryside, themselves UNESCO-listed, offer formal Renaissance landscaping and frescoed interiors. Marchesi Frescobaldi's estate, eight kilometres west, pours wines from vineyards the family has tended since the fourteenth century.
Summer in Tuscany means thirty-degree heat and golden light that turns the Arno copper at dusk. July and August bring sparse rain and languid afternoons when locals retreat indoors until the evening passeggiata. The city empties slightly, and terrace dining stretches past midnight.
Spring and autumn offer gentler temperatures, mid-teens to low twenties, with April and October delivering the heaviest rain. The light in these months has a clarity that painters have chased for centuries, and the countryside shifts from green exuberance in May to ochre and rust by November.
Winter sees highs around nine degrees, occasional frosts in the surrounding hills, and that rare hush when fog settles into the Arno valley. The crowds thin, museums breathe easier, and wood smoke drifts from villa chimneys above Fiesole.
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