Without a doubt, the nicest place we have ever stayed.
The Magnani Feroni is a converted 15th century (I think!) mansion one street back from the Arno on the Oltrarno-side of Florence. It has about 10 rooms over 3 floors.
The building, which I'm sure was always gorgeous, has survived the conversion well. Every room, from ours, to the lounge, to the breakfast bar is sumptuous, tastefully decorated, and simply amazing!
We wouldn't normally stay in a place like this, but we got an excellent rate on-line. It seems to mostly be frequented by older couples, so we were a bit of an oddity.
I think we got the "worst" room in the Palazzo in that it was on the ground floor and on the road side and sadly, it didn't have any frescos like the other rooms we had seen on the website :-) But it was very spacious, and very nicely decorated with a very nice bathroom.
Criticisms:
- There was road noise in our room and probably the other rooms on that side of the building. How much that bothers you, I don't know. I used ear-plugs one night, but not the others.
- For a hotel that bills itself as luxury, some of the service (in the bar and breakfast) was a bit hit and miss. This did not bother us in the least, in fact it was kind of nice, but if we'd paid the rack rates, I'd have expected more.












