Location

This former convent near the railway station is now a refined and intimate small hotel with beautifully decorated interiors. Around the corner from Santa Maria Novella train station and a block from the San Lorenzo Markets, the Machiavelli Palace Hotel occupies a 300-year-old building, now fully restored with some original features intact. Room d�cor is Renaissance-inspired with distressed furniture and rich draperies, while oversized balconies showcase beautiful vistas of the Duomo and the Florentine fondness for terracotta tiling. It�s a ten-minute walk to the Duomo from here, a further ten minutes to the Ponte Vecchio and the Uffizi Gallery, while closer to home guests will find everything they need within a few blocks, from bars to bookstores to bicycle hire.