Gallery Hotel Art

Located right at the Ponte Vecchio, Gallery Hotel Art has a contemporary décor and scene-y restaurant and bar that caters to a younger glam crowd.

• The fashionable Asian-Mediterranean Fusion Bar for people watching
• The constantly changing contemporary art gallery in the main lobby
• The private terraces within each of the three Penthouse suites

The Ferragamo family introduced Gallery Hotel Art as the first design hotel in Florence, a successful melding of style and comfort steps away from the Ponte Vecchio. The seventy-four rooms and suites are modern in décor with dark wood floors, warm ivory walls, high ceilings and large windows that let in lots of natural light. Framed black-and-white photographs complement the leather furnishings and fabrics in shades of ivory and greys. Located on a small side street off the Arno River steps away from the Uffizi Gallery and across the street from sister property Continentale, Gallery Hotel Art offers a central location without forfeiting the serenity of a more tucked-away hotel. The three penthouse suites all have private terraces that look over the Arno to the hills beyond.

To maintain its status as Florence’s first design property, the hotel lobby has become a miniature contemporary gallery, with exhibits rotating through every few months, and re-covered sofa cushions and painted walls to match. The hotel’s Fusion Bar, which experiments with unique mixology, is a popular meeting spot for young Florentines and visitors.

While the Gallery Hotel Art was the first design hotel in Florence and the restaurant and lobby have a contemporary, hip vibe, some Indagare members have felt that the rooms and bathrooms are a little tired and could use sprucing up.

Those who like chic design elements and a young, see-and-be-seen atmosphere in the bar, restaurant and lobby (as well as an art gallery) will feel very comfortable at Gallery Hotel Art.