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Description
Just outside the “Congress Citadel” formed by Fortress da Basso, Congress Centre and Business Centre, you are in the very heart of Florence. Its extraordinary views together with its wonderful artistic and historical heritage have conquered the hearts of men, artists as well as visitors from all over the world. In Florence, you can blend business and amusement: you can enjoy the visit to the most famous monuments in the world from the Uffizi to the Cathedral, from the Pitti Palace to the Old Bridge, you can walk along mediaeval alleys, austere palaces, but you can also enjoy shopping in beautiful fashion boutiques and in shops selling the famous Florentine crafts: leather goods, jewellery, embroidery and ceramics. Elegant hotels, famous restaurants, typically Florentine trattorias, where you can taste celebrated local specialties and the great Tuscan wines and fashionable nightspots are all available for you in this lively and fascinating city. Many other historical palaces and villas are available for meetings, beside facilities listed beneath .
City Population: 450 000
Contact information
Name: Mrs. Diana Cora Tenderini
Position: Marketing & Sales Manager
Address: Firenze Convention Bureau
Guardiola del Pratello Orsini 1
I-50123 Firenze
Email: d.tenderini@conventionbureau.it
Web: http://www.conventionbureau.it
Phone: (+39) 055 497 32 01
Fax: (+39) 055 29 44 78
Access information
Airport name / Distance to city centre / Number of international airlines:
Amerigo Vespucci - Florence / 4 km / 8
Galileo Galilei Pisa / 70 km / 10
Sea-port / Number of departures weekly: Livorno
Highways: A1, A11
Special events
| Classical Music Festival - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino |
May - July |
| Historical Football game |
June |
| Feast of Saint John |
June |
| Grape Festival in the Chianti Wine Region |
Autumn |
| Christmas Decorations |
December |
City overview
| City: | Total Bedrooms | Capacity of the biggest meeting hall | Maximum Exhibition space of the biggest conference facility [m2] | Maximum Exhibition space of the biggest conference facility [sq. foot] |
| Florence | 19252 | 3500 | 55000 | 592015 |
Accommodation & Conference facilities
| Rating | Number of hotels | Number of bedrooms | Number of beds | Maximum capacity of the biggest meeting room |
|
Residence
| 7 | 217 | 684 | |
|
*
| 92 | 967 | 2022 | |
|
**
| 122 | 2038 | 4339 | |
|
***
| 215 | 7551 | 16775 | 280 |
|
****
| 107 | 7557 | 16241 | 1300 |
|
*****
| 14 | 922 | 23000 | 250 |
| Name | Description | Number of meeting halls | Total capacity | Maximum capacity of the biggest hall | Exhibition space in m2 |
| Fortezza da Basso | To be built according to request. Multi-functional modular space. | | 10350 | 3500 | 55000 |
| Congress Centre (Palazzo dei Congressi) | | 13 | 1900 | 1000 | 2000 |
| Business Centre (Palazzo degli Affari) | To be built according to request. Multi-functional modular space. | | 1500 | 400 | 2000 |
| La Pietra – home of New York University in Florence | | 8 | 750 | 350 | |
| Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino | | 1 | 2850 | 2000 | |
| Theatre Verdi | | 1 | 1538 | 1538 | |
| Villa Castelletti – Signa | | 11 | 1735 | 650 | |
| Villa di Maiano – Fiesole | | 6 | 280 | 120 | |
| Villa Medicea La Ferdinanda – Artimino | | 5 | 1000 | 300 | |
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