Villa La Vedetta
Hotel and restaurant in town
“I reached the point where the celestial sensations produced by the Fine Arts and my passionate feelings came to a climax. As I left Santa Croce I had palpitations of the heart; life was drained from me; I walked with the fear of falling.” While travelling in Florence in 1817, Stendhal was bewitched by the beauty of the Tuscan city. His psychic disorder was named “Stendhal syndrome” or “Florence syndrome” by the scientific community. This anecdote gives you a hint of the emotions you will experience when staying at the Villa la Vedetta, a Neo-Renaissance hotel in a chic and modern style offering a panoramic and enchanting view of Florence, just steps away from the Ponte Vecchio. To help you recover, submerge yourself in the delightful hydro-massage pool… ...Read more
Italy, Firenze

Restaurant Enoteca Pinchiorri
Restaurant of a Grand Chef Relais & Châteaux in town
French by birth, but Italian at heart, Annie Féolde brings the best of both cultures to her dishes. She has an interesting tale to tell of how she came to be a chef. A former civil servant from Paris, Annie decided one day that it was time to make some changes in her life. Together with Giorgio Pinchiorri, a sommelier in one of Italy’s top wine bars, a plan was devised whereby she would join him in Italy and prepare light dishes to accompany his fine wines. She discovered a real passion for the restaurant business, and has gone on to become one of the most highly regarded chefs in Italy. Her gastronomic talents now occupy centre stage in a Renaissance palace in Florence, just a stone’s throw from the Michelangelo museum. Here, the spaghetti is served “a la guitarra”, made in the traditional manner using a specialised machine, and the desserts are an enigma, such as her dessert inspired by variations on milk: served as mousse, bavarois, ice cream, and whipped. ...Read more
Italy, Firenze