Villa Lucrezia — Hotel in Florence

We stayed at the Villa Lucrezia for a week in mid October.|It is situated in a perfect location for exploring Florence and Tuscany. Only a 10 minute taxi ride from the train station. You can walk in to the city (30 mins) or just around the corner you can get a bus that takes only 7 mins. You buy the bus tickets at the bar right near the stop and you can use the ticket again.||The staff at the Villa are so lovely and very helpful. Upon arrival we were given a map and had all our questions answered. The security was amazing. There is a big iron gate at the front that is locked, another locked door to get in to the building and then your own door, which has a lock. ||There are only 10 apartments and while staying there for a week we never saw any other guests. ||The Apartments are all named after an artist. Our apartment was named after Masaccio. We had never heard of him so we looked him up and discovered all about him.||The Apartment was spotless and so quiet. The shower was fantastic and the water was so soft. My skin has never felt so nice. There were shutters on the windows so you never knew the time as it was always dark inside. Great for sleeping in late after a big day of sightseeing. ||I loved the coffee pot and the cute little kitchen. Also the marble floor was gorgeous. It was so smooth and easy to keep clean.||There were only 2 small things that I would change. There was no tea towel in the kitchen. We bought one and it became a lovely souvenir. Very minor thing. Also the pillows were very lumpy. My suggestion would be to update the pillows. I used a cushion in the cupboard to make it more comfortable. This was fine. Otherwise it was perfecto. ||We stayed in Rome and Milan but our stay at the Villa Lucrezia was the highlight of our 3 weeks in Italy and we will be telling everyone about it for a very long time to come.||I look forward to one day returning to stay here. The most fantastic and amazing week of my life....

We stayed at the Villa Lucrezia on the recommendation of a friend who lives in Florence. We're glad we did! Each room in this hotel is a small apartment with its own living room/kitchen in addition to the bedroom and bathroom. We stayed in the Ghilberti room which had beautiful brightly-colored tile in the kitchen and bath and a big bedroom. The living room had a sleep sofa so we could have accommodated two children easily. The kitchen was fully equipped and included an Italian mocha pot of the standard Bialetti design. We walked down to the local market 2 blocks away and bought mocha ground coffee, wine, cheese, bread, salami and pastry and we not only saved money, we felt like real Italians! There are also several restaurants within a few blocks and the bus stop is right on the corner so all of your needs are taken care of. You'll need to take a bus to get to the tourist spots but you'll get much more space and convenience for your money at the Villa Lucrezia then you ever will at a hotel in the...

Take bus 17C from the train station and it takes approximately 15 minutes or so to get to this lodging property. You will have to first cut across the Piazza Puccini (which doubles up as a market in the day) before you get to the gates. Press the buzzer to be let in. ||The female receptionist who checked us in was extremely helpful and explained how we could get around on the map. Kudos to her as this proved to be very useful. Bus service 17 just around the corner of the service apartment building is where one would take the bus to the city center.||We were pleasantly surprised with the service apartment assigned to us. It had a huge bedroom and bathroom and came with a well-equipped kitchenette. If you are staying longer, you may want to buy your own groceries and stay in for meals. We also saved on drinking water as a water purifier can be found in the lobby. How is that for convenience! ||I would not hesitate to recommend this lodging property to anyone wanting to spend a few days...