Hotel Regency hosts small private events for up to 50 guests in Florence: company meetings, press conferences, product launches, aperitifs, gala dinners, birthdays and weddings. The hotel occupies a 19th-century residence on Piazza Massimo D'Azeglio, a garden square east of the historic center, and pairs its indoor rooms with a private garden and the kitchen of its own restaurant, Relais Le Jardin.
Seminars and company events
The events offer is designed for small groups. The hotel lists company meetings, product launches, press conferences, cocktail parties and gala dinners among the formats it handles, with a stated ceiling of 50 people. That size suits a board meeting, a client dinner, a press presentation or a launch for a select guest list rather than a conference. Indoor rooms and the outdoor garden can be combined, for example a working session inside followed by an aperitif under the trees. Quotes are prepared on request by the hotel's events team, which also builds a menu for each occasion.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings and special occasions are a listed part of the offer, with a dedicated brochure covering both the hotel and the restaurant. With a maximum of 50 guests, the format is an intimate wedding dinner, a rehearsal dinner or a reception after a civil ceremony in the city. Birthdays and anniversaries are booked on the same basis.
Rooms and capacities
The official site describes interior rooms and an outdoor garden without naming each space or giving separate capacities, so the split between the dining room, the lounges and the garden should be confirmed at the planning stage. The dining room ceiling and the stained glass date from a 1932 renovation and give the restaurant its character.
Accommodation
The hotel offers about ten categories of rooms and suites, from Superior rooms up to a Penthouse Suite. Several look onto the private inner garden, others face the park of Piazza D'Azeglio, and some suites are in an annexed villa. The site does not publish a total room count, so a block of rooms for guests should be checked with reservations.
Catering
Relais Le Jardin cooks Italian and Tuscan dishes, with handmade pasta, truffle, porcini mushrooms and Florentine-style steak, and prepares personalized menus for events. La Cantina, the hotel's wine cellar, is run with a sommelier and can support a tasting or a paired dinner.
History and setting
The building went up in the second half of the 19th century, when Florence was the capital of Italy and the D'Azeglio district was built to house senior state officials. Banker Giacomo Servadio commissioned two villas from architect Henry Kleffler in a neo-Quattrocento style, and they were later joined into a single building. In 1932 Tito Chini added Liberty-style stained glass and the dining room ceiling. The current owners turned the property into a hotel from 1960. It belongs to the same collection as Hotel Lord Byron in Rome.
Getting there
Piazza D'Azeglio is a walk of about 15 minutes from the cathedral. Firenze Santa Maria Novella, the main rail station with high-speed trains to Rome and Milan, is about 2 km away, and Florence Peretola airport is a short taxi ride.
