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Il Salviatino
Florence, Italy · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Il Salviatino is a fifteenth-century villa on the Fiesole hillside, rebuilt by the Bardi, then taken by Alamanno Salviati, who married into Lorenzo de' Medici's world and frescoed the rooms you still sleep in. After Stanford used it as a Florence campus, it sat empty for two decades until the Rovati family opened the hotel in 2010. Forty-five rooms, five hectares of gardens, Brunelleschi's dome in the view.
- 45 rooms
- Opened 2010
- Neighborhood: Fiesole
- Rooms from 431 sq ft (40 m²)
About Il Salviatino
- Alamanno Salviati, linked by marriage to Lorenzo de' Medici, frescoed the villa in the sixteenth century.
- After World War II it served as Stanford University's Florence campus until the late 1980s, then stood empty for roughly twenty years.
- The Rovati family restored it and opened the hotel in 2010: 45 rooms in a private park above Florence.
- Ugo Ojetti kept a salon here in the early twentieth century, hosting Salvador Dalí and Gabriele D'Annunzio.
- The loggia breakfast looks across the Arno valley at Brunelleschi's dome and Giotto's campanile.
History
Il Salviatino sits on a hillside in Fiesole, just north of Florence, in a villa whose origins lie in a fourteenth-century farmhouse amid olive groves and vineyards. In the 1500s the estate was bought by the Salviati family — wool-industry magnates — who restored the main building, adorned it with frescoes and art, and gave it the name it still bears.
After the Second World War the villa served as a seat of Stanford University's Florence programme until the late 1980s, then stood abandoned for roughly two decades. Following a major restoration by the Rovati family it opened officially as a luxury hotel in 2010, restoring its nineteenth-century splendour.
The setting
Hotel Palazzo Vecchio / Il Salviatino stands at Via del Salviatino, 21, on the Fiesole slopes where the Renaissance skyline — Brunelleschi's dome, Giotto's campanile, the tower of Palazzo Vecchio — unfolds across the Arno valley below. The 15th-century villa was rebuilt by the Bardi family before Alamanno Salviati, linked by marriage to Lorenzo de' Medici, acquired it in the 16th century and commissioned sumptuous frescoes still adorning its rooms. In the early 20th century it became the salon of art critic Ugo Ojetti, who hosted Salvador Dalí and Gabriele D'Annunzio. Five hectares of private gardens with uninterrupted vistas give Il Salviatino an aristocratic seclusion impossible within Florence's historic center.
Restaurants and bars
- Poolbar — Restaurant
Experiences
- Italian Gardens — Formal geometric Italian gardens with an arch of climbing roses and views toward the Tuscan hills.
- Golden-hour terraces — Terraces framing Florence at golden hour, with the Duomo visible in the distance.
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Fine dining
Awards
- Condé Nast Traveler Gold List (2026)
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