San Niccolò holiday lettings

Sleeps 1 · 1 bedroom

Sleeps 12 · 4 bedrooms · 6 bathrooms

Sleeps 5 · 3 bedrooms · 2 bathrooms

Sleeps 4 · 2 bedrooms

Sleeps 4 · 1 bedroom · 1 bathroom

this property is very spacious and elegantly furnished in a traditional style. The location is outstanding, just over the Ponte Vecchio bridge, so a bit quieter than the very central locations, but just a short walk away. Great views over the river. Its in an old apartment block which is very quiet. Only slight negative would be that it is an old building so the water was not super hot, and the kitchen is quite old fashioned. Bit overall it was charming and comfortable and we had a great stay. Rachel the host was helpful and very responsive.

This compact apartment has a fantastic location a few metres from the Ponte Vecchio in Oltrarno. All three rooms look out on the river, the bridge, and the Uffizi, at about the height of the Vasari corridor. This means that you are sightseeing from home whenever you look out. On the river pass elite rowers, paddleboarders, and in the evenings, a sightseeing boat with a violinist. On the bridge, there is a busker most evenings. There is a good supermarket just across the street, some nice places to eat (including some with riverside tables) within a few steps of the front door, and almost all the main attractions are within a 20 minute walk. The host is a very kind and engaging person whom it was our great pleasure to meet. We waited for our children to grow up and leave for university before going on this long-planned art and history trip to Florence. The combination of pre-booking the first slots of the day for the museums and looking out from this apartment’s windows made it seem sometimes that we had fewer fellow visitors than we really did in May-June. When the bridge is lit up and the evening strollers thin out in numbers around midnight, it isn’t hard to look out at the Vasari corridor windows and imagine the Medici walking back home after an evening’s work in the Uffizi. The sight would’ve been about the same then as it is now.