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Grand Hotel Minerva
Florence, Italy · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Ninety-seven rooms against Santa Maria Novella: a 13th-century palazzo, an inn from 1848, Carlo Scarpa and Edoardo Detti gutting and rebuilding it in 1958, a rooftop pool with a Terrace Negroni, frescoed suites they refused to touch.
- 97 rooms
- Opened 1848
- Neighborhood: Santa Maria Novella
- Architect: Carlo Scarpa and Edoardo Detti
About Grand Hotel Minerva
- Ninety-seven rooms at Piazza Santa Maria Novella 16. An inn from 1848, then Carlo Scarpa and Edoardo Detti's 1958 rebuild, reopened in 1961.
- Rooftop pool heated from April to October. Terrace Negroni looks at the basilica.
- Art by Emilio Greco, Renato Guttuso, Giuseppe Chiari. A few frescoed suites they would not let Scarpa touch.
History
Minerva is the palazzo beside Santa Maria Novella, inn 1848, Scarpa and Detti 1958-61, 97 rooms, rooftop pool, Maestrelli Collezione Em.
Experiences
- Rooftop swimming pool — Cited by press as one of the best rooftop swimming pools in Italy.
- Rooftop terrace for aperitivo — Listed among the five most beautiful terraces in Florence for aperitivo.
Awards
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
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