Florence Apartment And Neighborhood

We arrived in Florence the afternoon of April 25th, made our way the couple blocks from the SM Novella station to our apartment on Via della Scala, and spent the balance of the day moving in and exploring the immediate neighborhood. Everything of interest to us on this visit is within a mile, so we'll be entirely on foot our eight days here.

Entrance to our building, which is in an inner part
of the complex

There are three external doors and locks to pass
through, the third of which warrants a movie, to
be posted someday

In the courtyard/parking lot; our entrance is the
wooden door on the far right

In the apartment, quite recently renovated and updated...the
sitting area

Dining, entertainment, etc.

Kitchen...all so far in a great room

View of the courtyard

Bedroom

Bath...all of it small but quite nice and very centrally located;
super quiet, air-conditioned, $100/night...not bad for central Florence

Via della Scala

The main nearby sight (and my favorite Florentine church), SM Novella

The entrance to its 13th century apothecary/perfumery two
blocks down on Via della Scala

Down the street and around a corner, an old
palazzo, the Pantheon of the Neoplatonic Academy;
the Italian Renaissance types, particularly the
Medicis, were into Neo-Platonism, a philosophy
I never could quite get a handle on; Machiavelli
lectured here too 

Despite some "new" buildings, it's a very
old neighborhood

A bit further down the street, the Orti Oricellari palazzo and 
gardens...similarly quite old, but open only by appointment,
so we'll probably not see