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 After taking over the ownership and management of the hotel, the Bufalini family has personally overseeing the renovation of Orto de' Medici. This hotel is completely new, featuring rooms with balconies facing the historic city of Florence, halls with frescoes, a terrace and a new entrance directly on the main street. Built in the mid 19th century, the entire structure has mantained its original aspect and style. |
 The Hotel Orto de’ Medici is located in a peaceful position in the city centre just a few steps away from the Cathedral in Piazza del Duomo, Ponte Vecchio and theUffizi. It is also only ten minutes away from Fortezza da Basso. As far as parking places are concerned, garage facilities may also be arranged. This clearly privileged position represents an ideal starting-point for visits to museums and monuments, as well as for making purchases in the most elegant shops of the city. |
 Guest can enjoy the beautiful sitting room and breakfast room decorated with frescos, and relax on the lovely terrace covered with an array of colourful flowers. The central position of the Hotel, its well appointed banqueting suits, make it ideal for private functions such as business meetings, wedding receptions and cocktails parties. On the first floor there are two refined and inviting lounges with frescoed arched ceilings and parquet flooring. In one of them you can read and watch television, the other one is usually used for meetings and conferences. A large terrace, perfect for cocktail and even fashion parade, is also available on the first floor. |
 The Hotel Orto de’ Medici is the ideal place for all those guests who are seeking to enjoy warm hospitality in a refined and discreet atmosphere full of charm and at the same time love living in the typical old Florentine atmosphere. It was right here that the Great Giardino di San Marco, later known as Orto de’ Medici, was created six centuries ago by the Medici family. It was in this building that Lorenzo the Magnificent used to assemble many young Florentines interested in art to practice drawing his treasures. The old sculptor Bertoldo was tutor to, among others, the great Michelangiolo. |
Before the Medici collections in the palazzo in via Larga and in this garden were dispersed in 1494, the original collection of sculptures was enriched with paintings and drawings by Donatello, Filippo Brunelleschi, Masaccio, Paolo Uccello, Angelico and Filippo Lippi. It was no accident that posterity recognised the Garden Orto de’ Medici as Europe’s first museum and first art academy. |
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