Bernini Palace Hotel

This is the best place to stay in Florence- the service is impeccable and the location is perfect. The concierge took care of us from start to finish. They arranged tours and reservations for dinner. It is a small palazzo with much character! Breakfast was fantastic-

Highly recommend Bernini Palace Hotel. This hotel was recommended to us from a frequent visitor to Florence and we extremely happy we took the advice. The location is absolutely amazing. Bernini Palace is centrally located and a very short walk to all of the major sites. Restaurants, gelato, and any shop you need is a short walk. Breakfast on site is a big win, the rooms are a perfect size - clean, comfortable, and quiet. The front desk was a tremendous help with suggestions on dining and other things we needed a local's advice on. The hotel bar and restaurant is a great size and super convenient as well.

My husband and I have had the pleasure to stay in beautiful hotels in different countries and major cities over the years, many of which left us with unforgettable memories. Our experiences in Florence as guests of the Bernini Palace hotel though gave a new standard to five star hospitality that formed the cossetted foundation of our time in Florence, moving between celestial and earthly delights. From before we arrived in Italy we were being thought about and taken care of by the Bernini. My husband was contacted in advance of a potential taxi strike in the city, which could have started out our trip in disarray. Instead, they arranged for a black Mercedes van to meet us at the Florence airport and spirit us safely to the waiting arms of Palazzo Bernini, where we met the first of a constellation of men and women, without whom the most beautiful surroundings would have been but an empty shell. They are carefully chosen, beautifully trained, and experienced in the art and craft of hospitality. Our room was an exquisite jewel box of classical and baroque details, where every comfort was thought of, and the simplest things were elevated with beauty. The bath was a floor to ceiling white marble box of cool modern-informed classicism, scented with the haunting scent of bitter orange and herbs emanating from the fine Culti Milano toiletries generously provided, and which continued lingering on in the atmosphere of the halls from large stile diffusers, creating a sensual continuity of space. In the morning, you alight down the beautiful old wrought iron staircase or a marble ornamented lift down to the large classically designed breakfast room, with its baroque painted ceiling and chairs upholstered in the coral pink of the lining of cockle shells, to be warmed by the graciousness of the serving staff and the opulence of the delicious sweet and savory offerings laid out for the guests to choose from. I would add that both their bar that serves light fare and their intimate restaurant are also excellent. As if you are not already intoxicated with the many pleasures of the Bernini Palace, they ply you with the most delicious chocolates, left in your room every night, so that when you return home you will want to continue the ritual of ‘un piccolo dolcetto’ late at night or in the early morning. Some even gave us luxurious comfort on our plane flight back home. In all, the wonderful people of Palazzo Bernini will see to your comfort like you are something between a cherished bambini and a Medici. Their grace and generosity is a trademark. Mille Grazie to everyone there for all that you do. We plan to return to Florence in the near future, and of course, what we playfully call ‘our piazza’ and ‘our palazzo’.

The Bernini Palace is the ideal place to stay in Florence. It is located within easy walking distance of the Duomo, the Uffizi, and the Academia (David). It is immaculately clean and the staff are all courteous and helpful. The rooms are a little small, but that's pretty much the deal all over Italy. If I could offer just one suggestion to ALL hotels in Italy, it would be to lose the bidet and add that 18 inches of extra space to the shower. But, again, that's all of them. But the Bernini Palace truly feels like an upscale hotel because that's exactly what it is. Highly recommend!

It’s beautiful hotel with an even better location. Exit the front door and you’re one block from the Palazzo Vecchio and only the Uffizi Gallery. Turn the other way and you’re at the Duomo. But it was the gracious and generous hospitality of the staff that made our stay wonderful. Grazis mille!