The St. Regis Florence
When you book The St. Regis Florence in Italy through our Marriott STARS partnership, your stay includes daily breakfast for two and a $100 USD hotel credit once per stay. You also receive a room upgrade, early check-in and late check-out when available. You continue earning Marriott Bonvoy points and elite night credits. 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.
- Personalized and customized amenity
- Complimentary breakfast daily for two guests per room
- All STARS hotels offer a hotel credit valued at $100 USD (once per stay)
- Early check-in and late check-out (when available)
- Complimentary upgrade (if available at check-in)
Location
St. Regis brings its century-old butler tradition and Manhattan formality to Florence, where dedicated service and cultural heritage converge in a property that honours both the brand's New York roots and the Tuscan capital's Renaissance legacy. The signature Bloody Mary arrives on a silver tray; the interiors nod to Florentine artistry without descending into theme.
The hotel stands in San Frediano, west of the Arno in the Oltrarno quarter, where the Porta San Frediano once marked the old road to Pisa. This is residential Florence, not the museum district: stone-paved lanes open onto piazzas where locals still argue over espresso, and artisan workshops spill leather offcuts onto cobbles. The neighbourhood hums with a pre-tourist rhythm, quieter than the streets around the Duomo but no less authentic. Walk east across the river and you reach the Historic Centre of Florence, a UNESCO site inscribed in 1982, where six centuries of Medici patronage left a skyline of domes and bell towers.
Florence Airport, Peretola, lies five kilometres northwest; a taxi cuts through the suburbs in under twenty minutes. Pisa International sits an hour west for long-haul connections.
The Winter Garden Florence serves Mediterranean dishes in what was once the property's carriage courtyard, now glassed and planted, dramatic in scale and open to the sky. For a meal that defines fine dining in Italy, book a table at Enoteca Pinchiorri, 1.4 kilometres east on Via Ghibellina. The seventeenth-century palazzo holds one of the country's three-Michelin-starred legends, a cathedral of gastronomy where the wine list alone is worth the pilgrimage. Closer at hand, the Mercato di San Lorenzo and the Mercato del Porcellino (both under a kilometre) offer porchetta, lampredotto, and tripe sandwiches among stalls piled with pecorino and fennel salami. The Leather market nearby trades in Florentine craft, though quality varies sharply.
The Uffizi Gallery requires no introduction, but the quieter treasures repay attention: the Brancacci Chapel frescoes in Santa Maria del Carmine, the cloisters of Santa Croce, the climb up the Campanile di Giotto for rooftop views across the Arno. Day trips reach the Medici Villas, inscribed as UNESCO sites in 2013 and scattered eleven kilometres into the Tuscan hills, or the medieval towers of San Gimignano, 38 kilometres south. Start with the Boboli Gardens behind Pitti Palace, then cross Ponte Vecchio at dusk when the goldsmiths' windows catch the last light.
July and August turn Florence into a furnace. Temperatures push past thirty degrees; the stone streets radiate stored heat long after sunset, and air-conditioning becomes a pilgrimage. Locals flee to the coast. Spring and autumn offer the city at its most merciful: April through June and September through October bring warmth without cruelty, light that gilds the Arno at dusk, and crowds that dissipate by late afternoon.
Winter is underrated. December through February see temperatures dip to single digits, but rain clears quickly and the museums empty. Mist rises off the river on cold mornings, softening the Renaissance facades.
Florence rewards patience. October's rains wash the dust from the piazzas; November's chill keeps the tour groups at bay. March can surprise with sudden warmth, café tables appearing overnight as if the city has exhaled.
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