Spa at Palazzo Castri
Palazzo Castri 1874's Florence spa offers sauna, Turkish bath and an indoor-outdoor hydromassage pool behind a historic city facade.
The Spa at Palazzo Castri is Florence with the volume lowered. Hidden within Palazzo Castri 1874, it gives the city-centre hotel a pocket of water, heat and quiet that feels especially civilised after a day of stone pavements and masterpiece fatigue.
It is an oasis, and for once the word earns its keep. Facilities include a Finnish sauna, Turkish bath, emotional shower and an indoor-outdoor hydromassage pool that lets you bathe with a glimpse of Florentine sky. There is also the pleasingly bracing option of an icy waterfall, for travellers who believe relaxation should occasionally have a point of view.
Treatments round out the thermal circuit, but the real charm is the compact completeness of the space. You do not need a vast resort spa when the itinerary already includes the Duomo, Santa Maria Novella and half the Renaissance.
Come here when Florence has delighted you into exhaustion. The Spa at Palazzo Castri offers the city’s rarest luxury: a pause that still feels local, elegant and beautifully timed.
