💡 The Short Version: The nearest hotel to the Duomo is Hotel Duomo Firenze, about 55 m away, followed by Hotel Brunelleschi (160 m), Hotel Savoy (175 m) and Palazzo Portinari Salviati (200 m, two Michelin Keys). Grand Hotel Cavour and Tivoli Palazzo Gaddi have roof terraces that look at the dome. The cathedral is free Monday to Saturday; the dome needs a pass and a booked slot, and the whole complex is shut on 25 December, 1 January and Easter Sunday. Prices change with the dates, so check yours on Hotels.com. Or book a walk: the Highlights Walking Tour with Expert Guidead is from €28 for 1.5 hours.
What the square is like
The cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore stands in Piazza del Duomo with the Baptistery in front of it and Giotto’s Bell Tower beside it. Santa Maria Novella station is 0.4 to 1 km from the hotels below on a straight line. The square holds the Christmas tree and, on Easter morning, the cart of fire: see Christmas in Florence and Easter in Florence. The monuments have their own guide: Duomo tickets and the dome climb. Distances are straight lines from the cathedral, so a walk is a little longer.
The south side of the cathedral, with the dome. Photo: Zairon, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
The hotels
The links go to the hotel on Hotels.com. Michelin’s Keys are the guide’s own ratings for hotels, and “Selected” means a hotel is in the guide without a Key. Where to stay in Florence compares the other areas.
On or beside the square, up to 200 m
Hotel Duomo Firenze
About 55 m · Piazza del Duomo 1 · three stars · Hotels.comad
The hotel says it is the only three-star hotel in Florence with rooms directly facing the cathedral, in a 14th-century building. Not every room has the view: the website lists the Duomo-view rooms as a category of their own, and reception is on the fourth floor, reached by lift.
Piazza del Duomo, looking towards the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, with the cathedral at right. Photo: Francesco Bini, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hotel Brunelleschi
About 160 m · Piazza Santa Elisabetta 3 · 97 rooms · one Michelin Key · Hotels.comad
Built round a tower that the hotel dates fifteen centuries back and calls Florence’s oldest standing building; it is now the Tower Bar. Michelin says the top-floor view takes in the whole cathedral, and the hotel’s Osteria della Pagliazza serves fresh pasta and Tuscan classics.
Hotel Savoy, a Rocco Forte Hotel
About 175 m · Piazza della Repubblica 7 · 80 rooms · Michelin Selected · Hotels.comad
An 1893 hotel on Piazza della Repubblica, redesigned for Rocco Forte by Olga Polizzi. Michelin says you can wake to a view of the dome or of the square, and Bar Artemisia is in the building.
Palazzo Portinari Salviati
About 200 m · Via del Corso 6 · 13 suites · two Michelin Keys · Hotels.comad
A 15th-century palace that the hotel says was home to Beatrice Portinari, Dante’s muse, and the first residence of Cosimo I. Some apartments look over the dome, and the one-star restaurant Atto di Vito Mollica is in the building.
A few minutes’ walk, 270 to 380 m
Grand Hotel Cavour
About 270 m · Via del Proconsolo 3 · four stars · Hotels.comad
A 13th-century mansion where, the hotel says, Dante fell in love with Beatrice. The Divina Terrazza on the roof looks at the dome, and there is a Secret Bar in the building.
B&B Hotel Firenze Laurus al Duomo
About 270 m · Via de’ Cerretani 54r · four stars · Hotels.comad
A four-star hotel opposite the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, about 500 m from the station, with a breakfast buffet. Some rooms have a terrace. Hotels.com lists it as Hotel Laurus al Duomo.
Hotel Number Nine
About 285 m · Via dei Conti 9 · 40 rooms and suites · Michelin Selected · Hotels.comad
A family-owned five-star hotel in a 17th-century palazzo, with a spa of jacuzzi, hammam and sauna and a counter-current swimming pool. Hotels.com sells it as Hotel Firenze Number Nine.
Palazzo Vecchietti
About 285 m · Via degli Strozzi 4 · 16 rooms · Michelin Selected · Hotels.comad
A 16th-century noble residence. Michelin says each room and suite is named after a Florentine artist or poet, and the suites have kitchenettes in place of a hotel restaurant.
Tivoli Palazzo Gaddi
About 375 m · Via del Giglio 9 · five stars · Michelin Selected · Hotels.comad
Commissioned by the Gaddi family in the late 1500s. The Aria rooftop terrace looks at the dome, with daily aperitifs, and the hotel puts Santa Maria Novella station at 250 m. Hotels.com lists it as NH Collection Firenze Palazzo Gaddi.
Along Via Tornabuoni and the Ponte Vecchio side, 400 to 520 m
Hotel Davanzati
About 405 m · Via Porta Rossa 5 · three stars · Hotels.comad
A family-run hotel beside the Palazzo Davanzati, run by the Fuzier Cayla family. The hotel puts the Uffizi at 300 m and Piazza del Duomo at 450 m, and serves a breakfast buffet.
Hotel Milu
About 440 m · Via de’ Tornabuoni 8 · 22 rooms · Michelin Selected · Hotels.comad
A boutique hotel in a 14th-century building over five floors on the street of the fashion houses. Michelin says the lobby and corridors are a gallery of artworks that are for sale, and that there is no restaurant.
Via de’ Tornabuoni, lined with rusticated stone palaces. Photo: John Samuel, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Porta Rossa Hotel Firenze
About 445 m · Via Porta Rossa 19 · 69 rooms · Michelin Selected · Hotels.comad
Michelin says the building dates to the twelfth century and that the hotel has a claim to be the oldest in Florence. The Monalda Suite sits at the top of the old tower. Hotels.com lists it as NH Collection Firenze Porta Rossa.
Stella d’Italia
About 450 m · Via de’ Tornabuoni 7 · 24 rooms · one Michelin Key · Hotels.comad
Inside the Palazzo del Circolo dell’Unione, designed by Giorgio Vasari in the 16th century. The rooms are hung with paintings and vintage objects, breakfast is in a salon with 18th-century wraparound frescoes, and a loggia terrace on the top floor is the place for aperitivo.
Il Loggiato dei Serviti
About 515 m · Piazza della Santissima Annunziata 3 · Hotels.comad
A hotel facing Brunelleschi’s Spedale degli Innocenti, on the square to the north-east of the cathedral. The hotel says its rooms look onto the Duomo, the courtyard or the gardens of the Accademia.
Before you book
- The tax. The city council, the Comune di Firenze, charges the imposta di soggiorno, a tourist tax, to people who are not residents of Florence, for at most seven consecutive nights, at a rate set by the hotel’s category (Comune di Firenze).
- Dates that fill the centre. The Firenze Marathon is on Sunday 29 November 2026, and Pitti Immagine Uomo runs 12 to 15 January and 15 to 18 June 2027. The Calcio Storico final on 24 June is in Piazza Santa Croce, 0.5 to 1.1 km from these hotels.
- The square in winter. The tree goes up in Piazza del Duomo, and on Easter morning the area inside Via Cerretani, Borgo San Lorenzo, Via dei Servi, Via dei Calzaiuoli and Piazza della Repubblica was closed to traffic from 06:00 in 2026.
- Elsewhere. Where to stay in Florence compares Santa Croce, the Oltrarno, Santo Spirito, San Lorenzo and the station side.
For what to book before you go, see Florence: what to book. To fit the sights into your days, see Florence in one or two days and 3 days in Florence. Where to eat in Florence names the restaurants round the cathedral, the best time to visit Florence gives the weather by month, and Florence airport to the city and Florence public transport cover the way in.
Common questions
Which hotel is closest to the Duomo in Florence?
Hotel Duomo Firenze, at Piazza del Duomo 1, about 55 m from the cathedral in a straight line. Hotel Brunelleschi is about 160 m away, Hotel Savoy about 175 m and Palazzo Portinari Salviati about 200 m.
Which hotels near the Duomo have a view of the dome?
Hotel Duomo Firenze says it has rooms directly facing the cathedral. Grand Hotel Cavour and Tivoli Palazzo Gaddi have roof terraces that look at the dome, Il Loggiato dei Serviti says some rooms look at the Duomo, and Michelin says the top floor of Hotel Brunelleschi takes in the whole cathedral.
Which hotels near the Duomo hold Michelin Keys?
Michelin gives Palazzo Portinari Salviati two Keys, and Hotel Brunelleschi and Stella d'Italia one each. Hotel Savoy, Hotel Number Nine, Palazzo Vecchietti, Tivoli Palazzo Gaddi, Hotel Milu and Porta Rossa Hotel are in the guide as Selected hotels with no Key.
Is the Duomo free to enter?
The cathedral is free, Monday to Saturday 10:15 to 15:45, and closed on Sundays. The dome, Bell Tower, museum, Baptistery and Santa Reparata need a pass, and the dome needs a booked slot and photo ID. The whole complex is shut on 25 December, 1 January and Easter Sunday.
How far is the station from these hotels?
From 380 m to 1 km in a straight line to Santa Maria Novella station. Tivoli Palazzo Gaddi, Number Nine and B&B Hotel Laurus al Duomo are nearest to it, and Palazzo Portinari Salviati, Grand Hotel Cavour and Il Loggiato dei Serviti are about 1 km away.
Is there a tourist tax in Florence?
Yes. The Comune di Firenze charges the imposta di soggiorno to people who are not residents of Florence, for at most seven consecutive nights, at a rate set by the category of the hotel.
