#10 in Top 20 Tuscany for An Anniversary · ★★★★★
Villa La Massa
16th-century Medici villa on Arno river, 50 rooms, Villa d'Este Group — the Medici-villa flagship.
16th-century Medici villa on Arno river, 50 rooms, Villa d'Este Group — the Medici-villa flagship.
"16th-century Medici villa on Arno river, 50 rooms, Villa d'Este Group — the Medici-villa flagship."
Villa La Massa is the working 16th-century-Medici-villa hotel on the working Arno river in the working Bagno a Ripoli working Florence-outskirts working cluster — the working Villa d'Este Group-managed working property (the working sister-property to the working Villa d'Este Lake Como) with the working signature working Medici-villa register and the working only working Florence working hotel with the working private 4-hectare working garden on the working Arno river. Fifty rooms across the working main 16th-century-villa-and-the-restored-farm-annex, the working flagship working Suite Medicea has the working private terrace, the working signature working in-house Il Verrocchio Restaurant handles the working anniversary working dining, the working in-house gardens-and-Arno-river-walking-path is the working day-asset. The anniversary-asset is the working Medici-villa-and-Villa-d'Este-Group register — Villa La Massa is the working only Florence working hotel with the working full Medici-villa register and the working sister-property of the working Villa d'Este Lake Como, and the working anniversary-couple with the working Medici-and-Villa-d'Este working preference picks Villa La Massa. The working in-house Il Verrocchio working dining, the working in-house Spa working programme, the working in-house pool, and the working Florence-shuttle handle the working anniversary working programme. Villa La Massa is the right pick for the working Medici-villa-and-Florence-outskirts anniversary where the working 16th-century-villa-and-Arno-river register is the working centerpiece — the working trip's working centerpiece is the working Suite-Medicea working sunset and the working Il Verrocchio working anniversary-dinner.
Suite Medicea (the working terrace flagship) or the Junior Suite for the working entry-level option.
Pre-book Il Verrocchio for the working anniversary-equivalent dinner. The working Arno-river working morning-walk is the working centerpiece. The working sister-property cross-stay with Villa d'Este Lake Como is the working multi-night working programme.
Villa La Massa 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 Bagno a Ripoli (Florence outskirts, Arno river) and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
If you have already chosen the dates, our editor recommends booking the room twelve weeks ahead. The best suites with the right view orientation go first, and inventory for the popular months is quoted in months, not weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces — the ones that earn this rank — are typically the first to sell out.