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| Hotel J K Place |
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| Florence - Florence city - Florence |
| Luxury Hotel |
| Number of rooms: 20 |
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The J.K. Place is the closest experience you can get to staying somewhere that feels like home. Only far nicer than home, more luxurious, more stylish and far more relaxing; this is how you would wish your home to be if you had unlimited access to time, money and beautiful ideas.
The design team have taken a historic Florentine palazzo and carefully added pieces to create a very special space that has touches of a members’ club, a distinguished décor and an overall sense of calm and luxury. This is a place to take refuge from the overwhelming beauty of Florence, when the works of Michelangelo, Brunelleschi and Botticelli leave you gasping for breath or the ooze of the River Arno underneath the Ponte Vecchio makes you think, “Now, now is the time to return to the hotel and have a coffee, a slice of cake, a pause.” J.K. Place is just the place to do this. Discrete on the outside (a mere bronze plaque on the wall indicates what lies within), stepping inside soon leads you to take a seat in one of those very comfortable armchairs and struggle to leave. From the library of DVDs and the wonderfully refined and personable staff that can’t do enough to help you to the cakes left available for those seeking a little refreshment, the laptop on the table with free internet connection, the complementary mini-bar, the exquisite taste in decoration and comfort, something about this hotel makes you think, do I really need to leave?
The hotel has just 20 perfectly drawn rooms, from the J.K. classic double right up to the Master Room and Penthouse where views of that great dome float in to the rooms. Creams, greys and plenty of wood provide classic touches that fall somewhere between the cosy and the discrete charm of a members’ club. It’s classy, sure, but not pretentious. This dedication to well-being continues with the hotel’s concierge service whose only reason to exist, we thought, was to make life and Florence the easiest and most calming city on our travels. Tickets to the Uffizi gallery and other museums can be pre-ordered meaning you avoid the long lines and even after-hours visits to the most important museums can be organized. Dinner suggestions roll off the tongue and not crass touristic venues but genuine Tuscan hostelries where you will be surrounded by Italians who really know where to eat well.
The one thing we did note was that some of the classic rooms are a little on the small side but this is fairly common in Italy remember and the building is a historic palace so we let them off and indulged. Ceilings are high, giving light and many of the rooms have wonderful views allowing details of the Florentine scene to wander in. If the weather is not so fine breakfast is taken in the lounge whilst on clear days the courtyard provides the venue and the start to a wonderful day.
The manager and personal responsible for your J.K. Place experience is the charismatic and charming Ori Kafri whose words we will leave you with, “I don't want this hotel," he confides, “to be transformed into a show case… …I look for precious details, impeccable service, as if I were at home, personally inviting people in.”
Exactly.
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The whole of Florence is at your feet so the Accademia which houses Michelangelo’s David, the Uffizi gallery, Ponte Vecchio and the beautiful Duomo or Cathedral are all within very easy reach. History and stunning beauty really are on your doorstep: 100 yards across the piazza is the church of Santa Maria Novella which houses the revolutionary fresco by Masaccio, “The Trinity”. This fresco was painted after Brunelleschi (who designed the dome of Florence’s cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore) had shown how to render perspective and Masaccio’s use of the mathematical calculations involved, mean that “The Trinity” was one of the prime sparks for igniting the Renaissance’s artistic developments.
The Ponte Vecchio, the beautiful Cathedral and the Uffizi Gallery are all just 5 minutes from the hotel allowing you innumerable opportunities to make the most of your stay.
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J.K. Place is extremely well sited, right in the centre of Florence meaning that if you arrive by car you won’t need to drive again whilst you are in the city. Local government restrictions are also very tight concerning types of vehicles allowed to circulate within the city so the best bet is to leave your car in J.K. Place’s covered parking and explore the city by foot.
If you are arriving by train, J.K. Place is no more than 5 minutes walk from the central train station (Santa Maria Novella) though if you have heavy bags you may want to get in a taxi (they wait just outside the train station) and have the driver take you to the front door.
If you do arrive by car, and driving north on the A1 from Rome and the south, use the Firenze Certosa exit. Arriving from the north (Bologna, Milan, Venice) use the Firenze/Firenze Centro exit. Follow directions for Florence city centre and the train station (Firenze Santa Maria Novella). The hotel is located in Piazza Santa Maria Novella which is a large square immediately behind the church of Santa Maria Novella which faces the train station.
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