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to 42 of the most eminent Florentine artisans, a way of getting the visitor directly acquainted with Florentine workmanship in all its splendour. The hotel interior is breathtaking for the sumptuousness of the decoration, and for the possibility of admiring frescoes painted almost five hundred years ago and walking along corridors where – surrounded by Carrara marbles, bas-reliefs and fine Japanese wallpapers – one can still breathe a Renaissance atmosphere. Those who during the first year the Four Seasons was open didn’t miss the chance of a visit know something about this. And it is the discretion and reserve characterizing company policy that has caused so many of the world’s jet-set to choose the hotel in Borgo Pinti for their Florentine stay. Together with them, a cosmopolitan and refined clientèle which – not wanting to take anything away from the fascination of the Medicean city – increasingly often go for the Four Seasons as the main criterion in their choice of a destination. However, even in the city that lives much more on tourism than on business in the true sense, special attention to the business world has not been neglected. The building is equipped with a number of attractive facilities, including five meeting rooms – able to accommodate between 16 and 80 people – for conferences, seminars and private social events.
v Presidential Suite, dining room.
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