Lungarno Collection
'From Hotel Company to Lifestyle District'

Lungarno Collection is a boutique Italian hospitality company offering a diverse portfolio of luxury and design hotels, villas, and retreats owned by the Ferragamo family. Each property has its own personality, drawing inspiration from its location, many of which are dotted along the Arno River in Florence, Tuscan country and seaside and fashionable Rome. The company is steeped in its rich history, culture and style to create highly personal experiences highlighted by elegance, striking design and attentive service. Lungarno Collection is a member of the Global Hotel Alliance (GHA). Lungarno Collection includes:

1. Hotel Lungarno:
The Hotel Lungarno, completely renovated and inaugurated in November 1997, is progenitor of this transformation. The Hotel is endowed with extraordinary allure, and given the dominant river position and the incomparable view of the Ponte Vecchio, it best interprets the sense of inner well being in a pleasing atmosphere. The right dimension, the appeal, and the common spaces that look out into the river that makes for a true town living room.

The Hotel Lungarno is a member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World network.

2. Gallery Hotel Art:
On the "rive droite" of the Arno River, the Gallery Hotel Art, one of the first and more significant projects of Design Hotels in Italy, inaugurated in May 1999. A setting that became a laboratory and a meeting place for events and programs tied to the contemporary arts, and has had guests such as Mario Schifano, Fabrizio Corneli, Max Vitali, Olivo Barbieri and David Lachapelle.

The Gallery Hotel Art is a member of the Design Hotel International network.

3. TFB (THE FUSION BAR) Shozan-Gallery:
TFB Shozan-Gallery, Gallery Hotel Art's restaurant and American bar has become one of the most frequented Florentine "city engines". It's point of reference for the chic tribes that live in the city, or of those who visit during the year for tourism or business. (The Fusion Bar) Shozan-Gallery has created its own particular style that surpasses the fleeting ways of the moment. With projects still in the works that are tied to gastronomic research, from cuisine experimentation to the preparation of the first Japanese tea room in Italy, to the thematic nights of chocolate and its fixings, or its Saturday and Sunday Brunches, The Fusion Bar Shozan-Gallery is a synonym of exchange and research.

4. LUNGARNO SUITES:
In a superb location overlooking the Lungarno, LUNGARNO SUITES was inaugurated in January 2002. An accommodations facility recognized for its characteristics, was enlisted in the Small Luxury Hotels of the World network. Specifically dedicated to those who prefer the privacy of an independent apartment without giving up the comforts of hotel services, Lungarno Suites represents an innovative formula of hospitality.

5. CONTINENTALE:
The recent restoration of the CONTINENTALE Contemporary Pleasing Hotel in the Piazzetta dell'Oro completes the Lifestyle District project. Its concept and formula of service represent an important evolution in modern international hospitality.

The concept of the Hotel is based on the experience of those extraordinary years when cultured travellers could live the birth of Italian Style which was a mix of "joy of life" and intellectual adventure that spanned from cinema to design.

6. BORGO SAN JACOPO:
The restaurant BORGO SAN JACOPO opened in May 2004, is the new "Dining room on the river" accessible to the general public as well as hotel guests. The two levels of dining enjoy an arch shaped window on the river and have an elongated architectural prospective. The concept and refurbishment follow the contemporary design evolution of the Hotel LUNGARNO with which it shares a lounge.

7. VILLA LE ROSE:
A private Villa in the Florentine Hills with the spirit of an exclusive Hotel
The "à la carte" style hospitality of VILLA LE ROSE, an aristocratic abode in the hills surrounding Florence, presents a significant evolution between the various approaches to luxury accommodation and introduces an innovative formula of a "Residence" offered at the height of an International Hotel group, tailored to an exacting and exclusive clientele.

A private fifteenth century residence established by the Medici and enlarged in the eighteenth century, VILLA LE ROSE is situated on the Certosa hills, the closest circle of Florentine hills surrounding the city centre just 7km away. It is the newest addition to the Ferragamo family's renowned group of Lungarno Collection that with this project can provide its clients with a unique made to measure alternative.

8. PORTRAIT SUITES:
Lungarno Collection open an exclusive residence on Rome's Via Condotti
In July 2006 a prestigious new opening was there in the heart of the Eternal City, on Via Condotti, corner Via Bocca di Leone: PORTRAIT SUITES, a residence of extraordinary charm by Lungarno Collection. For the very first time, the hotel operator controlled by the Ferragamo family is exporting its particularly appealing model of hospitality beyond the walls of Florence, and with an innovative residential concept.