Seminars and company events
Villa Agape in Florence hosts meetings, training courses and seminars for up to 60 people, with 31 bedrooms on site for residential groups. The four-star hotel occupies a Renaissance villa on via Torre del Gallo, on the hill above Piazzale Michelangelo, and handles meetings, incentives and small conferences through its own events office.
Two rooms cover most formats. Sala delle Volte, 92 square meters, takes up to 60 people theatre style and fits a seminar, a training course or a small conference. Sala Lobby, 50 square meters, seats up to 12 around an imperial table for a board meeting or a working session. Both rooms have daylight, an audio system, projectors and high-speed Wi-Fi. Free parking on site helps groups arriving by car, which is uncommon this close to the center of Florence.
Rooms and capacities
Sala delle Volte: 92 square meters, up to 60 theatre style, with presentation equipment. Sala Lobby: 50 square meters, up to 12 at an imperial table. Around the meeting rooms, the villa has a park with an Italian garden, the Duchess's Garden and its chapel, and La Limonaia lounge bar, which suit a coffee break or an aperitivo after a session. The hotel does not publish capacities for these areas.
Accommodation
The villa has 31 rooms: standard and superior singles, small, standard and superior doubles, doubles in the annex, junior suites and suites with garden views. A group of around 30 can stay on site with the meeting rooms a few steps away. Pets are welcome.
Catering
The hotel restaurant, La Duchessa, serves lunches and dinners, and La Limonaia lounge bar handles drinks. Coffee breaks, working lunches and group dinners are arranged with the events office as part of the meeting program.
History and setting
The property's recorded history starts in 1469, when Bartolomeo di Matteo owned it. In 1472 he left it to the nuns of San Paolo di Pinti, and in 1547 it passed to Jacopo di Raffaello del Nente. Giuliano di Filippo Arrighetti bought it in 1602 and gave it the name Villa Arrighetti. In 1948 Anna d'Orléans, widow of Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, acquired the villa, completed it and added statues and fountains to the gardens. In 1968 she made it the home of the Suore Stabilite nella Carità, who used it for spiritual and cultural hospitality and renamed it Villa Agape, from the Greek word for a shared meal. The sisters left in 2014, and after a renovation from 2015 the villa reopened as a hotel on the hills of Florence.
Getting there
Florence Santa Maria Novella station, served by high-speed trains from Rome and Milan, is about 4 km away by taxi. Florence Airport (Peretola) is the closest airport, and Pisa Airport is about an hour away by road. The hotel belongs to the Place of Charme Hotel & Resorts group.
