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Apartment
Description:
Guests will be accommodated in a real B&B, where the
proprietors offer a warm, friendly welcome together with their
unobtrusive presence.
The B&B is located in the historical town centre, in Via
Santa Reparata, few minutes walk from Santa Maria del Fiore's
Cathedral, Piazza San Marco, the Academy Gallery the Medicis'
Chapels, San Lorenzo's Church, and other major tourist
attractions are all nearby. It stands in one of the liveliest
corners of the City, where you can find little typical
restaurants and enjoy your shopping both in the most
fashionable boutiques and in San Lorenzo's market with its
stalls of typical Florentine products. As in the past
centuries, when the Grand Tour in Italy was an essential
experience in one's own cultural upbringing, the Relais is
designed for those visitors longing to know about Italian art,
its customs, open hospitality but it will not suit those in a
rush or not willing to take things at a leisurely pace .
On the lower floor of the building there is a small
eighteenth-century private theatre of 80 seats which opens
onto a courtyard arrayed by fountains and old earthen vases.
The guest rooms are on the first floor. This Bed &
Breakfast is conveniently situated five minutes walk from the
train station at Santa Maria Novella, well served y Public
Transport, and only 10 km from the A. Vespucci airport which
offers a car-rental service.
If you are travelling by car, there is a garage 40 m. From the
Relais. There are also places nearby where one can rent
bicycles.
Cristina and Giuseppe, the owners, are fond of art and
culture, place their library, which is well stocked with
multilingual guidebooks about Florence as well as books on
Art, at your disposal. They would be happy to supply you
with every kind of information about culture, wine, gastronomy
and artistic events in Florence as well as interesting places
to visit exhibitions of antiquities, Villas, old villages, the
famous Palio of Siena, where the horses race in the central
Piazza, Tuscan wine party.
Among the amenities which characterize the bedrooms and
private bathrooms are beautiful, old Vietri majolicas, with
their vivid colors and fine decorations. The coffered
decorated ceilings are typically Tuscan. Every room has its
own distinct character including the antique furniture which
is Cristina and Giuseppe's passion. Continental
breakfast, which will be served in your room and prepared with
great care using organic ingredients, consists of milk,
coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fruit juices, different kinds of
Tuscan bread and home made cakes.
On your arrival, you will find fruit and flowers in your
bedroom. Cleaning as required; no additional costs.
Newspapers, laundry service on request. No pets allowed.
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