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The hotel has 62 rooms and three different restaurants including on the ground floor IL Magnifico Restaurant & Bistro, its name paying tribute to the Tuscan gastronomic tradition, and the IL Magnifico Café & Champagne bar.
In the common areas of the ground floor, the ‘pietra serena’, sand stone, gives a touch of historic Florentine atmosphere by evoking the lights and shadows of a heritage building, without betraying the original structure of Palazzo Tornabuoni, overlooking the shopping street in the historic downtown of Florence, a few steps from Ponte Vecchio and the Arno river.
Andrea Auletta took care of the design of the hotel in all its elements, from the distributive ones to the furnishing details.
Each floor has led to a different distribution layout and in this setting I have dealt with every element, designing each single furniture and furnishing complement as well as carpets, wallpapers, paintings and decorative items.
The leather of the seats recalls refined atmospheres with a touch of nature, the harmony of grey and beige evokes a state of relaxation and nostalgia.
Passing from the daylight and to the night lighting, the dehor on the ground floor recalls the same harmonies of the inside, creating a cozy and intimate environment outside, where the heraldic green of the curtains adds a touch of elegance and comfort.
The rooms feature harmonies of different colours on each floor, orange, red, grey, blue and yellow and give a note of personality to each room, while bathrooms, with their massive layout of space, suggest notions of ancient spas and historical memories.
Besides the Butterfly Terrace, the restaurant ‘Lucie’ on the fourth floor offers a pleasant touch of nouvelle cuisine; the space boldly combines pink and malachite, but here, these antagonistic colours dialogue with grace and elegance to create, together with the comfortable seats and the cozy sofas, an embracing space that fits well with the refined ritual of conviviality.
La Cave, on the lower floor, is the hotel cellar and boasts a collection of bottles of Italian wines and French champagne. The space is available and particularly suitable for private events, candlelit dinners and wine testing.
The hotel is scheduled to open in Spring 2021.