Hotel Orto de' Medici (original) (raw)

There are plenty of boutique hotels in the centre of Florence, but none like Hotel Orto de’ Medici.

Some people come for our location, as being so close to everything makes your stay so much easier. Other visitors like our staff best, because all of them are always ready to help with a smile. To other guests, it’s about the newly-renovated rooms and the freshly-squeezed orange juice, which we serve each morning in the frescoed 19th-century dining room.

But what makes this hotel so different than the rest is probably the unique story that’s related to it, which takes you back to an afternoon of 1489: then, among the garden white roses, a 14-year-old Michelangelo first learned to shape the Carrara marble.