I feel very lucky and privileged to have been hosted by Tiziana, her mother Lucia and the family. They live next door and were welcoming but discreet. The apartment made such a huge difference in making my stay in Florence very special.
It’s huge and filled with old furniture and lovely household items (dishware of different styles, lace-fringed towels, hangers and drawers galore, lovely curtains, different kinds of shampoos, etc). The bed was huge and comfortable. Everything you could ever want to have at home, and in such abundance, were in the apartment. There were also wines and other goodies in the fridge. It felt more like being welcomed at a generous relative’s place than renting something
The apartment is in a quiet and elegant residential guarter of old Florence, within 10-15 minutes walk to the train station and 15-20 minutes to the Palazzo Vecchio, depending on which route you take, Whichever route you take, however, is all old Florence, so it’s always beautiful. The apartment is in the same elegant quarter as the American consulate and is a couple of blocks to the breeze-filled Arno river which you could walk alongside to get to the Palazzo Vecchio and the Ufizzi (though there are also shorter routes.) Walking home to this safe and quiet street every night from the busier part of old Florence or from a day trip out of Florence felt very restful and reviving. My thanks to Tiziana, Lucia, Grace, Tiberio, & Tiziana’s son for sharing this wonderful place and for their hospitality. .