#12 in Top 20 Tuscany for An Anniversary · ★★★★★
Hotel Savoy Firenze
An 80-room Rocco Forte hotel on Piazza della Repubblica, in the heart of Florence since 1893.
An 80-room Rocco Forte hotel on Piazza della Repubblica, in the heart of Florence since 1893.
The Savoy is Rocco Forte's Florence hotel, open since 1893 right on Piazza della Repubblica. For an anniversary it puts you in the absolute centre, steps from the Duomo and the shopping streets, with 80 polished rooms and a terrace restaurant. The trade-off is the square itself: lively and central, not quiet and romantic.
Hotel Savoy has stood on Piazza della Repubblica since 1893, and today it is Rocco Forte's hotel in Florence, restyled inside by Olga Polizzi. The 80 rooms and suites are bright and contemporary rather than heavily historic, with Tuscan silks and commissioned art. The draw for an anniversary is the address: you are in the dead centre of Florence, a few minutes' walk from the Duomo, the Uffizi and the Ponte Vecchio, with the shopping streets at the door. Irene, the hotel's restaurant and bar, spills onto a terrace on the piazza and is a fine spot for an anniversary dinner or an aperitivo watching the city go by, and there is a small spa downstairs. The honest caveat is the location's flip side: Piazza della Repubblica is Florence's busiest, most commercial square, complete with a carousel and crowds, so square-facing rooms can be noisy and the mood is animated rather than intimate. Ask for a quieter interior room if you want calm.
For the view, request a piazza-facing room or junior suite; for a milestone anniversary, the Duomo Presidential Suite is the hotel's grandest, with rooftop views toward the cathedral.
Book a terrace table at Irene for the anniversary dinner, ideally at golden hour over the piazza. With the Uffizi, the Duomo and the Ponte Vecchio all within a ten-minute walk, you can leave the car behind entirely.
Hotel Savoy Firenze sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Tuscany for an Anniversary list. It scored an aggregate 9.6/10 across the three editorial criteria, competitive against the field but, on an anniversary-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Tuscany neighbourhood, see Florence (Piazza della Repubblica, historic centre) and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
Have firm dates? Our editor's advice is to book roughly twelve weeks in advance. The piazza-facing rooms and the larger suites go early, and in the busy season the lead time is months, not weeks.
A ranked shortlist, a special offer worth booking, and the overpriced stay to skip. Straight from the editors.