7 Best Hostels with Breakfast Included in Florence
7 top-rated hostels with breakfast included in Florence Handpicked for travelers who want the best.
A Florentine breakfast is small: cornetto, espresso, sometimes a yogurt. At 5-7 EUR a day from the cafe next door, including it in your hostel rate isn't a massive saving on paper — until you multiply by four nights and realise you've skipped the morning pastry queue four times. Seven Florence hostels include breakfast in every rate, and the quality varies: from homemade-bread-and-eggs at 'RE-Dama to standard-Italian-buffet at Ostello Bello to basic-pastry-and-coffee at My Friends. All are central-adjacent, all work for the 07:00-09:00 pre-Uffizi window.
Italian breakfast is sweet, not savoury: cornetto (the Italian croissant, usually filled with cream or jam), a small pastry, maybe fruit, always espresso. The Italian average is 300 calories and 15 minutes — a far cry from the American hostel buffet with scrambled eggs and bacon. The best hostel breakfasts in Florence don't try to copy the American format; they nail the Italian one. 'RE-Dama adds homemade bread and a baked cake; Archi Rossi serves it in a frescoed palazzo courtyard; Ostello Bello sets up on the rooftop. The worst ones open a box of bulk croissants — fine, but you may as well eat at a local bar.
🥐Why Florence is Perfect for Breakfast Included
The Uffizi opens at 08:15; the Duomo climb slots start at 08:30; the Accademia opens at 08:15. All sell out at least 30 minutes before opening in peak season. A hostel breakfast that starts at 07:00 gets you to the ticket line with food in your stomach — the local bar alternative involves a queue of commuters and a rushed 12-minute stop.
Italian breakfast economics: a cornetto + espresso + orange juice at a central bar is 5-7 EUR. Multiply by four days and that's 20-28 EUR you didn't include in your hostel budget. Most of these hostels charge 28-35 EUR a bed; the breakfast is functionally 15-20% of that.
Setting matters for breakfast specifically. Archi Rossi's frescoed courtyard, Emerald Palace's Duomo-view rooftop, Ostello Bello's top-floor terrace — these upgrade a generic pastry-and-coffee into a proper morning. It's the same food as a local bar, but the memory is different.
Traveler's take
“Over seven nights across four hostels, the best included breakfasts were 'RE-Dama (home-baked bread, real butter, a slice of olive-oil cake, good espresso) and Archi Rossi (standard Italian buffet but served in a frescoed Renaissance courtyard at 07:15 sunrise — the setting sells it). Ostello Bello's rooftop breakfast is solid but the pastries are bulk. Emerald Palace's top-floor breakfast is small — good if you want the Duomo view, adequate if you want the food. The Conad supermarket 3 minutes from most Via Faenza hostels sells a yogurt + fruit + espresso combo for 3.50 EUR if you want to skip the included breakfast entirely and roam.”
Our Top 7 Picks
Hostels in Florence with breakfast included, sorted by guest rating.
aparto Florence Manifattura
Manifattura Tabacchi / Novoli
Wonderful
405 reviews
9.1-rated modern hostel inside the Manifattura Tabacchi — Florence's converted 1932 tobacco factory turned creative district in Novoli. Private-bathroom dorms, proper work desks, soundproofed walls, and a tram straight to the centre in 15 minutes. Built for travelers who want a clean bed and a quiet room more than a hostel bar.
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€38//night
Why travelers love aparto Florence Manifattura
“Guests consistently flag three things: the cleanliness (reviewers across Europe, Asia and the US use the word 'spotless'), the genuinely helpful staff (named repeatedly in reviews: Massimo, Jacopo, Carla, Andrea), and the quiet — soundproof walls mean you actually sleep. The most common complaint is the Novoli location being away from the historic centre and mosquitoes in summer because the windows have no nets.”
YellowSquare Florence
Viale Redi / northwest Santa Maria Novella
Wonderful
2,671 reviews
9.0-rated party-grade hostel on the edge of Santa Maria Novella, famous for a rooftop pool with Duomo-ridge views, nightly events, and a free-pasta dinner that regulars build the evening around. The Florence branch of the Italian YellowSquare chain, 15 minutes on foot to the train station.
From
€29//night
Why travelers love YellowSquare Florence
“2,600+ reviewers land on three things: the rooftop (pool in summer, sun-deck year-round, Duomo view either way), the free-pasta dinner at 20:00, and the events schedule. Complaints are predictable for a party hostel: noise carries, the common areas are packed in peak summer, and the walk from the station feels long at midnight. Locker padlocks must be brought or rented.”
Hostel Archi Rossi
Via Faenza / Santa Maria Novella
Excellent
5,005 reviews
8.9-rated family-run hostel on Via Faenza, 250 metres from Santa Maria Novella station. The calling card is a gorgeous frescoed courtyard that has survived every hostel-renovation trend of the last two decades and still looks like a Renaissance-era palazzo lobby. Breakfast included, curfew 02:00, old-school in the good way.
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€29//night
Why travelers love Hostel Archi Rossi
“Five-thousand reviewers agree on three things: the courtyard is stunning ('haven of peace', 'Renaissance feel'), the location is unbeatable (literal minutes from the station), and the staff is genuine. The curfew — doors close at 02:00 — is the one review-score pulldown: party travelers hate it, everyone else sleeps through the night.”
'RE-Dama Hostel
Careggi / Rifredi
Excellent
2,175 reviews
8.9-rated quiet-side hostel in Careggi-Rifredi, north of the centre near the university hospital, with a proper shared kitchen, included breakfast and one of the warmest welcome teams in any Florence review set. Tram and bus to Santa Maria Novella station in 15-20 minutes. For budget travellers who trade five minutes of commute for a good night's sleep.
From
€27//night
Why travelers love 'RE-Dama Hostel
“Reviewers from Ireland to Brazil to Australia land on the same point: the staff goes out of their way, the breakfast is homemade not bulk-pack, the Rifredi location is quieter than the centre and the commute isn't bad once you know the bus. The most common complaint is precisely that commute — if you're doing Florence in 48 hours, Rifredi costs you 30 minutes a day in bus time.”
Emerald Palace
San Lorenzo / Mercato Centrale
Excellent
4,845 reviews
8.9-rated central-central hostel 350 metres from the Duomo, tucked inside the San Lorenzo market maze on Via dell'Ariento. Rooftop terrace with direct Brunelleschi-dome views, shared kitchen, breakfast on the top floor. The 'stayed-here-because-of-the-view' hostel of the Florence scene.
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€31//night
Why travelers love Emerald Palace
“Reviewers across 4,800+ stays agree on two points: the location is unbeatable — inside the San Lorenzo market a short walk from the Duomo — and the rooftop view of the Brunelleschi dome is the photo they didn't expect to get at hostel prices. Complaints are structural: old palazzo means narrow stairs and no lift, AC can be loud in some rooms, and the San Lorenzo market closing at 19:00 makes the street quieter than tourists expect at night.”
Ostello Bello Firenze
Via Faenza / Santa Maria Novella
Excellent
2,589 reviews
8.6-rated Florence outpost of Italy's Ostello Bello chain — the one that built its reputation on free buffet dinners, a volunteer-run social programme, and hostel bars where the staff remembers your name by night three. On Via Faenza, 400 metres from the station, a 10-minute walk to the Duomo.
From
€33//night
Why travelers love Ostello Bello Firenze
“Reviewers across 2,500+ stays keep returning to three things: the social programme (named volunteers Annie, Manuel, Andriy, Tommasso are called out more than the hostel manager), the rooftop bar at sunset, and the feeling of being welcomed rather than just checked in. Complaints are classic party-hostel flipside: noise until midnight on bar nights, the breakfast is less generous than some expect from the price, and the 8 and 10-bed dorms get boisterous in August.”
Plus Florence
San Marco / Via Santa Caterina
Excellent
20,758 reviews
8.5-rated mega-hostel from the European Plus chain, 10 minutes from Santa Maria Novella in the San Marco district. Indoor and outdoor swimming pools, Turkish bath, fitness area, rooftop terrace with Duomo views, nightly events. Over 20,000 reviews — the most-booked hostel in Florence by a wide margin.
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€32//night
Why travelers love Plus Florence
“20,000+ reviews tell a consistent story: people come for the pools and the facilities and stay for the events calendar; the complaints are the volume-hostel basics (check-in queues in August, thin walls on the dorm side, common areas full on pool-party nights). Reviewers call out the location as convenient-enough, the pools as the defining feature, and the breakfast as fine-not-memorable.”
💡Tips for Choosing a Hostel with Breakfast Included in Florence
- 1Breakfast hours vary: Archi Rossi 07:00-10:00, 'RE-Dama 07:30-10:00, Ostello Bello 07:30-10:30, Emerald Palace 07:30-10:00, Plus 07:00-10:30. If you have an 08:15 Uffizi slot, target the 07:00 or 07:30 openings.
- 2'RE-Dama's olive-oil cake is the standout in this list. The staff bakes it daily; it goes fast in the first 30 minutes. Show up at 07:30 to get it fresh.
- 3If you're at a Via Faenza hostel and the included breakfast feels light, Caffè Caracol (Via Faenza, opens 06:30) does a proper Italian breakfast for 4 EUR and is on your way to the Duomo. Use it as a supplement, not a replacement.
- 4The Plus Florence breakfast is the most 'hotel-buffet' in the list — useful if you want eggs and bacon, less good if you wanted a proper Italian cornetto experience. It's also often charged separately (check your rate).
- 5If breakfast hours don't fit your schedule (early trains to Siena or Pisa), ask reception for a packed version. Archi Rossi and 'RE-Dama both pack a bagged version on request the night before.
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