VESPUCCI APARTMENT

Central Florence
Sleeps 5+3 in 3 bedrooms/2.5 bathrooms, air-conditioned, with terrace and computer with Internet access, elevator building — STAFF FAVORITE!
What guests say about this property...“The comfort of a home, with all the attractions just steps away.” — D.S. & J.S., Mississauga, Ontario
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This elegant apartment in the heart of Florence overlooks the Arno and is just one block downstream from the Excelsior and Grand Hotels. From here, it's just a 5-10 minute walk to the Uffizi, the Duomo, Santa Maria Novella and most of the city's attractions. Just behind the apartment is the Borg'Ognissanti, one of Florence's most elegant shopping streets, lined with shops selling antiques, leather and linens. The main city park, the Cascine, with tennis courts and swimming pools, is ten minutes away. Many of Florence's most celebrated restaurants are right in the neighborhood, and if you want to cook at home, there are wonderful butchers, bakeries, fruit and vegetable vendors, fishmonger, etc. The main city food market at San Lorenzo is ten minutes on foot.

The apartment is located on the second floor of a 19th century palazzo built in the classical Florentine style. (An unsubstantiated legend has it that the palazzo was built by the maharaja of Kolhapur, who in any case at least visited Florence and died there around 1870.) The building has an elevator. Views include the "Oltrarno" area of the city, where the Pitti Palace is located, as well as Brunelleschi's Santo Spirito, and beyond, the Belvedere Fortress and the Bellosguardo hill, dotted with ancient villas with olive groves, vineyards, and 600-year-old cypresses. To the left, you can see the palaces lining the Arno and the Ponte Vecchio.

This spacious apartment has more than 2,000 square feet of living space. In the front of the apartment, three large rooms (living room, dining room and study) overlook the Arno. Rooms have high ceilings, elegant moldings and period furniture.

• Foyer (18 x 10 ft) with desk, large armoire
• Guest half bath
• Living room with queen-size sofabed and ornate decorative (non-functional) fireplace
• Dining room with decorative fireplace and table that seats 8
• Study with smaller sofabed
• Kitchen with small table (seats 4), dishwasher, washing machine
• Master bedroom (17 x 16 ft) with queen-size bed; faces an interior courtyard that does not have a view but provides cool air in the summer
• Master bathroom (8 x 17 ft; bath with shower)
• Second bedroom (11 x 10 ft) with double bed; opens onto the covered terrace in back of the apartment
• Small bedroom (7 x 17 ft) off the master bedroom with a single bed and a shuttered doorway leading to the covered terrace
• Small bathroom with shower off the second bedroom
• In the back of the apartment is a very large and attractive covered terrace, comfortably furnished.

Amenities: 40" flat-screen satellite TV, stereo with iPod dock, computer with DSL internet access.

The apartment is best for five guests. There are air conditioning units in the master bedroom, the second bedroom and the dining room, which can cool the entire apartment. Amenities include a 40" flat-screen satellite TV, stereo with iPod dock and computer with DSL Internet access.

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