Hotel Orto De' Medici

The Florence boutique hotel Orto de’ Medici is located in Via San Gallo, one of the most ancient street of Florence. A quiet yet central location close to the Santa Maria Novella train station. Wherever you want to go, Hotel Orto De’ Medici is just a stone’s throw from the major sights. Florence’s cathedral (the Duomo), the Accademia which holds Michelangelo’s David, the Uffizi with its incomparable art collection, the iconic Ponte Vecchio bridge, and Florence’s high-fashion street Via de’ Tornabuoni, are all just a few minutes’ walk from the boutique Hotel Orto de’ Medici in Florence. The Hotel, with its charming wooden floor and the original frescoes, still keeps that magic atmosphere coming from the old times. But what makes this hotel so different than the rest is probably the unique story that’s related to it, which takes you back to an afternoon of 1489: then, among the garden white roses, a 14-year-old Michelangelo first learned to shape the Carrara marble. Nothing is left of the ancient school apart from the little garden, that Hotel Orto de’ Medici of Florence jealously keeps. The Garden was restored and today, the roses grow in the shade of an old cinnamon tree, which reaches its best during spring, showing a wonderful bloom.