travel42 Hotel Review: Villa Cora

Villa Cora travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Adjacent to the beautiful Boboli Gardens, on the other side of the Arno from the Uffizi via Firenze's famed Ponte Vecchio, this lavishly restored villa-hotel set in sumptuous gardens was once the southern seat of notorious Baron Oppenheimer and his Germanic clan.

Built in 1860, the main villa is a stunning example of neoclassical architecture and design, with exceptional restored mid-19th-century murals and frescoes. Three outbuildings house a number of s...