Helvetia & Bristol Firenze can host a private dinner for up to 100 guests in its restaurant, a reception or lunch for up to 70 under the glass ceiling of its Winter Garden, and smaller meetings or dinners for 10 to 35. The hotel has received guests since 1885 and stands on Via dei Pescioni in the historic center of Florence, Italy.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells meetings and events on a small scale. The Winter Garden, at about 86 square meters, can be set for a presentation, a classroom session or a cabaret layout, and it also serves for show cooking and cooking classes, which gives a team activity without leaving the building. The private room of Cibrèo Ristorante and Cocktail Bar takes a working lunch or a board dinner for around 26 to 35 people, and the Tinello holds a meeting or a dinner for 10. Starhotels has an in-house events team and an online request for proposal for group business.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel lists weddings, private ceremonies and special events among its services. Its rooms suit a rehearsal dinner, a small wedding lunch or a cocktail after a ceremony in the city, with the chef designing banquet menus for lunches, dinners and cocktails together with the couple.
Rooms and capacities
The Giardino d'Inverno, or Winter Garden, covers 85.8 square meters, 16.5 by 5.2 meters, and takes up to 70 guests depending on layout. The Privè of Cibrèo Ristorante & Cocktail Bar covers 51 square meters and takes up to 35 guests. Cibrèo Ristorante & Cocktail Bar takes up to 100 guests for a private event. The Tinello takes up to 10 guests. The hotel works with theatre, classroom, U-shape, cabaret, cocktail and banquet layouts and gives the figure for each layout on request.
Accommodation
The hotel has rooms and suites in several categories, from Cozy Helvetia and Deluxe rooms to Family Rooms, Junior Suites and a Presidential Suite. It does not publish its total room count on the website, so confirm the group block with the reservations team.
Catering
Catering comes from the hotel kitchens. Cibrèo Ristorante and Cocktail Bar serves a seasonal menu, and Cibrèo Caffè offers a simpler option during the day. Breakfast is signed by pastry chef Iginio Massari. For events, the chef works out banquet menus with the organizer, from a seated lunch to a standing cocktail.
History and setting
Helvetia & Bristol opened in 1885 and is part of Starhotels Collezione, the Italian group's set of individual hotels. The Winter Garden keeps its historic glass ceiling, which gives the room daylight for lunches and receptions. The street lies between Palazzo Strozzi and Piazza della Repubblica, so the Duomo, Via de' Tornabuoni and the Uffizi are all within a short walk.
Getting there
Firenze Santa Maria Novella station, with high-speed trains from Rome and Milan, is about ten minutes on foot. Florence Airport is around 20 minutes away by taxi or tram, and Pisa Airport is about an hour away by train.
