In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- Room 9 has high ceilings and a staircase up to the bathroom. The penthouse has a 360-degree view. Room 1 has a canopied bed and overlooks the square.
- Packing tips
- A sketchbook, a sunhat, sensible-ish shoes.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- A bottle of Italian spumante wine and a JK surprise gift
JK Place
Florence, Italy[view map]
- Style
- Private perfection
- Setting
- Perched on the piazza
High, painted ceilings, panelled walls, a Louis XV fireplace and extremely well-edited modern pieces sit comfortably alongside every audiovisual requirement at JK Place. While wanting to avoid any clichéd reference to EM Forster's tale of romance, it is virtually impossible, confronted with three floor-to-ceiling windows, opening onto a small balcony in front of the Basilica.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 20.
- Rates
- €290–€900, including breakfast and complimentary minibar.
- Check-out
- Midday.
- Facilities
- DVD and CD library; free Internet access; rooftop bar.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- The Lounge, with its teak terrace opening onto the piazza, is a see-and-be-seen environment for an aperitivo, a mojito or delicious Italian/Tuscan cuisine. The downstairs Pink Room is decidedly sexy for cocktails.
- Dress code
- Fashionably relaxed.
- Top table
- The sofa in front of the fireplace in the Pink Room is most romantic; otherwise, a table on the terrace.
- Last orders
- 2am Monday–Saturday, 4pm for brunch on Sunday, and 2.30am for sushi in the Pink Room.
- Room service
- Breakfast is available. The soft drinks in the minibar are free.
- Hotel bar
- There’s an honesty bar in the main lounge, and a rooftop lounge in summer.
Other facilities
- Children
- Beds available; babysitters can be arranged.
Smith card offer
A bottle of Italian spumante wine and a JK surprise gift
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JK Place
7 Piazza Santa Maria Novella