Welcome to the spellbinding City of Florence in the heart of the Tuscan Riviera. A half-hour walk from one side of the historical centre to the other, this great historical town “could be wrapped up in a tissue”, as locals fondly say, yet for what it lacks in size this majestic city makes up for in its historical and cultural significance.

Commonly recognised as the birthplace and cradle of the great Renaissance movement which swept through Europe in the second half of the last millennium – otherwise known as the age of enlightenment – the city of Florence was the birthplace of so many historical figures, so many founders of modern society, so many great names that are today associated so freely with the word ‘genius’, that it is truly hard to imagine what this place must have been like when they were all alive!

Michelangelo, Botticelli, Caravaggio, Donatello and Rafael are just five of the great painters and sculptors; Boccaccio, Dante and Petrarch – the fathers of literature – all plied their trade here. The infamous Medici dynasty which ruled this ferocious republic and produced no fewer than five Popes; Machiavelli – writer of ‘The Prince’; Galileo – inventor of the telescope; Florence Nightingale – pioneer of nursing; Antonio Meucci – inventor of the telephone; Amerigo Vespucci – cartographer and namesake of America; even the great Leonardo da Vinci himself was here.

See what Florence can do for your mind and body. You may not change history overnight, but this enigmatic city is guaranteed to change you forever; and now this magical place is open to all visitors, no matter what your budget. Check out rates and availability at the Hotel Ginori Florence now.