Which preferred-partner program does Four Seasons Firenze book under?

Four Seasons Preferred Partner. Every Four Seasons property participates, so the booking carries daily breakfast for two per bedroom, a property credit, a one-category upgrade at check-in subject to availability, and early check-in and late check-out subject to availability. The rate is the hotel's own published rate.

How large is the garden at Four Seasons Firenze?

The Giardino della Gherardesca dates from the 15th century and is one of the largest private gardens in Florence, with centuries-old trees, statuary, fountains and a small Ionic temple. The hotel's outdoor pool sits within it. For a city-centre hotel in Florence this is genuinely unusual, and it is the main reason to choose the property in summer.

Is Four Seasons Firenze one hotel or two buildings?

Two. Palazzo della Gherardesca, built in 1473 for Bartolomeo Scala, holds the main public rooms and the frescoed suites. Palazzo del Nero, a 16th-century building across the garden, holds a further 36 rooms and is quieter. Which building you are in materially changes the stay, so it is worth specifying at the time of booking.

Four Seasons Hotel Firenze: Rooms, Garden and What Preferred Partner Adds

Name: Four Seasons Hotel Firenze
Address: Borgo Pinti 99, Florence, 50121, IT

Where the credit goes

The property credit is granted once per stay rather than per night, and the useful decision here is to spend it at Il Palagio, the hotel's Tuscan restaurant, which holds a Michelin star. The spa is the other sensible use. What it should not go toward is breakfast, which the program already covers for two in each bedroom.

Eligible charges are set by the property rather than the brand, so we confirm what applies to your dates before booking rather than quoting a rule that may have moved.

What the upgrade realistically does

Florence runs at very high occupancy from April to October, and the upgrade is subject to availability like everywhere else. The difference at this property is that a category change is unusually consequential, because the rooms are not variations on one another. Moving up can mean moving building, gaining a ceiling fresco, or gaining a view of the garden rather than the courtyard. In the low season the upgrade lands more often than most and is worth more when it does.

The buildings

Palazzo della Gherardesca was built in 1473 for Bartolomeo Scala, chancellor of the Florentine Republic, and holds the main public rooms, the frescoed suites and the reception. Palazzo del Nero, a 16th-century building on the far side of the garden, holds a further 36 rooms and is materially quieter. Neither is better in the abstract. The first puts you in the architecture, the second puts you away from it.

The garden

The Giardino della Gherardesca dates from the 15th century and is the largest private garden in Florence, with centuries-old trees, statuary, fountains and a small Ionic temple. The outdoor pool sits inside it. In a city where most hotels of this standing have a courtyard at best, this is the property's defining feature and the reason it works in July in a way that central Florence generally does not.

Dining and spa

Il Palagio holds a Michelin star and is the formal room. Onde is the Mediterranean seafood restaurant, Al Fresco the garden trattoria in summer, and there are two bars, the Atrium and Bar Berni. The spa runs treatment rooms, a steam room and a sauna.

Rooms

116 rooms and suites in total. Categories run from Premier Rooms through Four Seasons Rooms to Executive Suites, of which the Duomo View and the Frescoed are the two worth asking about by name, and then Garden Suites and the Royal Suite. Signature suites sit outside the complimentary upgrade.

Four Seasons Hotel Firenze

What the Booking Adds Here

Where the credit goes

What the upgrade realistically does

The Property