Helvetia & Bristol Firenze

In front of Palazzo Strozzi, in the centre of Florence, there is the armonious nineteenth-century facade of a Hotel which is part of the city's history.

Its rooms, restored in the fullest respect for the period in terms of materials and furnishings, evoke a world of refined elegance. This unique atmosphere imbues the fine rooms with their silk curtains, the drawing rooms with their precious figured-tile floorings, adorned with valuable seventeenth century Florentine paintings.

Today as in the past, in the exclusive cocktail bar and restaurant, the "Hostaria Bibendum", one can meet artists, writers, international celebrities and the aristocracy of Florence. The restaurant is a masterwork in itself. On its luxuriously laid tables the art of cooking, finds it highest expression revisiting the ancient Tuscan recipes. Each dish becomes a unique work, to be savoured with rare pleasure.

On the Hotel's fifth floor, the great windows of the two panoramic suites frame a unique spectacle. The dome of the Duomo is so near that it seems one need only reach out, to touch it with a fingertip.