25hours Hotel Florence is a bold and playful reinvention of a former monastery in the lively Santa Maria Novella district. Designed by Paola Navone, the interiors are rich with velvet, marble, neon, vintage suitcases and tongue-in-cheek art, with each of the 171 rooms themed around “Paradiso” or “Inferno” in a nod to Dante’s Divine Comedy. By day, the glass-roofed atrium café fills with greenery and the buzz of locals over paninis and aperitivos. By night, the hotel comes alive with a Negroni bar, a courtyard restaurant, a cinema lounge, a gym, a sauna and a hidden spa. Just steps from Florence’s historic sights, it’s a colourful and characterful base for travellers who like their stays with a little imagination.