THE BED & BREAKFAST

In the heart of the old city of Florence, just between Piazza Santa Croce and Piazza della Signoria, there is De' Benci bed & breakfast, ideal base for visiting one of the most beautiful cities on earth.

You will be welcomed into elegantly furnished suites with every modern comfort.

The atmosphere is very warm, stylish and bright. The thick and textured interior walls are painted rose. The doors are as light as ivory. Very wide windows let the light go in. The typical Tuscan floor and the ancient wooden-beam ceiling enrich the entire structure. Small details in characteristic stone, in ancient brick or in dark wrought iron decorate the environment, but colour and scent of wood reign over all.

Bathrooms with shower are modern and comfortable and tiles are in light botticino stone, with darker details.

HISTORICAL NOTE

De' Benci bed & breakfast is in the historical centre of Florence, in the monumental Peruzzi palace. It is in via De' Benci, between Volta Peruzzi and Piazza Santa Croce, very close to Teatro Verdi and Biblioteca Nazionale.
This building belongs to an old area called the “Prima cerchia Comunale” (the oldest medieval city) built up in XII century.
De' Benci road was a defensive moat, built in front of the walls that shielded the “Prima cerchia Comunale”. But in XIV century it was changed into a street. In the same period the basis of Peruzzi palace was built instead of defensive walls.
The name of this road is due to the Bencis, a noble family that established in this part of Florence in XV century, buying the properties from another family: the Albertis, who had given their name to the road before.
From this period the entire neighbourhood became very important for its architecture, because noble families of the period ordered many projects of sumptuous palaces.