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May 1, 2014 | 2:50 pm

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Our next hotel was the Four Seasons Florence. After all the enthusiastic reviews here I had the highest expectation. We booked via FSPP/ Virtuoso. On arrivial we were immediately greeted and escorted to the reception. The lobby is really impressive and is a transformed courtyard.

We booked a Junior Suite and got one in the main building. OK, online the next suite-category was available, but I didn`t argue. The room itself had a spacious corridor and a nice bathroom. Big shower, a tub, 2 sinks and a separate toilet. The room was a bed/ living combination. Nicely furnished, the mattress was good.

The hotel has lovely gardens with many sculptures. A real highlight!

Breakfast was a combination of ordered warm dishes and a buffet. The quality was very good, especially the patisserie. The had nice freshly squeezed juices with a special every day. I highly recommed the buffet, because to order a la carte is much more expensive, even if you only order few things.

The Spa is in the garden in a separate building. It has an outdoor pool with a jaccuzzi. While the pool was closed during our stay, we enjoyed the jaccuzzi. My wife had a treatment and found it good.

You can eat at the bar or the restaurant. The bar is open all day. We ha tea one day and one evening dinner. A highlight is the tiramisu-cocktail, which tastes amazing. Another special is their Sacher-Torte-cocktail, but it`s only for people who like their drinks very very sweet. Food comes from the main restaurant and with a price tag.

The restaurant Il Palagio has a Michelin-star. We ate at Il Palagio and were pleasently surprised. While their Vegetarian menu was uninspired, they had a nice seafood selection. The quality was good as you may expect from a one star. But you shoudn`t expect too much.

One day was my wife`s birthday and I have to say the treatment was great. At breakfast she got a little cake, at her SPA-treatment she got a free facial treatment, at Il Palagio she got a raspery-puff pastry desert with a rose and finally in our room waited a bottle of Prosecco with a chocolate-cake. Great!

We used the concierge only for dinner-reservations. All people were really helpful and the recommondations were priceless.

The FS Florence is a really good hotel, which we enjoyed. If I ever come back to Florenc, I will stay here again.

P.S. Have to fix my Picture, but here the link to the Album