Our apartment is a chic and comfortable (78 square mts)  accommodation  on the fourth floor of a beautiful historic florentine building dating back to the 1800’s.

This nice and sunny apartment is  situated in one of the most residential area of Florence but it’s only 10 minutes walking from the city heart (Piazza Duomo, Piazza della Repubblica, Pontevecchio,Piazza della Signoria).

Staying here you’ll enjoy a superb view all over Florence (see the pictures taken from our windows!) 

Recently renovated ,well equipped,,comfortable, bright and sunny our apartment is made up of:

a nice furnished income

a double bedroom with a kingsize bed

a  large living room with a double bed/sofa in front of a perfectly  working fireplace

a dining area with table and chairs for 4 people

a large bathroom with bathtube also equipped with washing machine.

a nice little kitchen

The kitchen is supplied with fridge, kitchen range, oven, coffee maker, and all necessary appliances for cooking (pots and pans) and for eating (tableware, plates, etc.)

The area is very green and lively, with shops, supermarkets and trattorias in the nearby.
Bus stop just outside the door. Car parkings (on payment) available within 20 meters distance.

Beccaria apartment is the ideal staying for an unforgettable romantic and cultural vacation in one of the most beautiful town in the world.

History 

Founded by the Romans in the first century B.C., Florence began its rebirth after the decadence of the barbaric ages, in the Carolingian period, and reached its highest pinnacles of civilization between the 11th and 15th centuries, as a free city, balancing the authority of the Emperors with that of the Popes, overcoming the unfortunate internal dispute between Guelfs and Ghibellines.

In the 15th century, it came under the rule of the Medici family, who later became the Grand Dukes of Tuscany. 

This in fact was the period when the city was at the height of its glory in art and culture, in politics and economic power.

The Grand Duchy of the Medici’s was succeeded, in the 18th century, by that of the House of Lorraine, when in 1860 Tuscany became part of the Kingdom of Italy of which Florence was the capital from 1865 to 1871.

In this century, the city has once more taken up its role as an important centre for culture and the arts.

Art and Culture

Florence contains an exceptional artistic patrimony, glorious testimony to its secular civilization. Cimabue and Giotto, the fathers of Italian painting, lived here, along with Arnolfo and Andrea Pisano, reformists of architecture and sculpture; Brunelleschi, Donatello and Masaccio, founders of the Renaissance; Ghiberti and the Della Robbia; Filippo Lippi and l'Angelico; Botticelli and Paolo Uccello; the universal geniuses Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.

Their works, along with those of many generations of artists up to the masters of the present century, are gathered in the city's many museums.

In Florence, thanks to Dante, the Italian language was born; with Petrarch and Boccaccio literary studies were affirmed; with Humanism the philosophy and values of classical civilization were revived; with Machiavelli modern political science was born; with Guicciardini, historical prose; and with Galileo, modern experimental science.

Up to the time of Charlemagne, Florence was a university town; today it includes many specialized institutes and is an international cultural center.

Academies, art schools, scientific institutes and cultural centers all contribute to the city's intense activity.

How to reach Florence

Florence, capital of the region of Tuscany, has a population of around half a million inhabitants, spreads on the banks of the Arno, between the Adriatic and the Tyrrhenian seas, almost in the middle of the Italian peninsula. 

Being on the main national railway lines, it is easily accessible from most important places both in Italy and abroad.

Tuscany has two international airports, Pisa and Florence.

The Florence "Vespucci" airport, where both national and international airlines stop, is located 5 Km. from the city centre.

 The main motorway, A1, connects Florence with Bologna and Milano in the North and Rome and Naples in the South. The motorway A11 to the sea joins it to Prato, Pistoia, Montecatini, Lucca, Pisa and all the resorts on the Tyrrhenian sea.

There is also motorway which connects Florence to Siena.

The climate is temperate and pleasant during all seasons of the year.