La Reggia degli Etruschi
Panoramic Fiesole terrace with the classic view over the duomo
The hilltop town above Florence, the classic escape-the-city dinner with a view of the dome.
The hilltop town above Florence has been the city's escape since the Etruscans laid its first stones, and the climb still pays off in air, ruins and the long view back over the dome. Villa San Michele, in a former monastery attributed to Michelangelo's circle, and the Michelin-starred Serrae Villa Fiesole make the case for dinner up here rather than down in the heat. This is the classic evening retreat, twenty minutes and a different climate from the centre.
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Panoramic Fiesole terrace with the classic view over the duomo
Old-Tuscan tavern right on Fiesole's main piazza
Antonello Sardi's Michelin-starred garden room above Florence
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Renaissance monastery hotel and the Antesi loggia restaurant above Florence
Frescoed 15th-century villa retreat in the Fiesole hills