The living room in the Via de' Bardi apartment is filled with light that enters through French doors on two walls. Here you see them opening over Via de' Bardi. There are double windows to dampen potential street noise five floors below.

The sofa may be opened to form a sofa bed at night. 

Decorated in shades of rose, the bedroom couldn't be more charming. 

Here, also, there are double glass doors for quiet.

You can see one of the Vasari corridor towers out the window. Several very nice antiques enhance this room, a bureau and a desk. The closet is next to the door into the room. 

You can pull a single folding bed out of the closet to sleep another person in this room.

The glory of this apartment is its spacious terrace that opens out over the Vasari corridor. The corridor is an elevated bridge that runs from the Pitti Palace to the Uffizi. It is an aerial passage that was built in the 1500s for controversial Cosimo de Medici to provide a safe route for him between his palace and his offices in the Uffizi. The Vasari corridor can be entered from an entrance on the Ponte Vecchio. It houses a splendid art museum. You must check for times and dates because they are limited.

The eat-in kitchen has a Tuscan countryside feel. It reminds us that Florence is in Tuscany. You will find a four burner gas stovetop, sink and an under-counter refrigerator. It does not have an oven or dish washer. 

The washing machine is located on the terrace. 

This is a typical Italian kitchen. It is reassuring to understand that the full range of delicious Tuscan cooking is prepared without food processors, double ovens and microwaves. 

A handsome Tuscan-style hutch matches the table and contains the dishes, utensils and cooking equipment. 

The choice of art in the apartment is pleasant and reflects Italians' innate sense of style 

Blue green tiles line a small bathroom that has a bathtub with the typical telephone-style shower that can be used by hand or inserted in a bracket on the wall for a standing shower. 

Back to the terrace, looking towards the Pitti palace another of the towers of the Vasari corridor is framed by the potted olive tree on the terrace.

When you look out of the bedroom or living room French doors, you can see, to the right, the Arno river. Runners race along the street that is in a limited traffic zone. It is limited to local traffic.

Across Via de' Bardi a narrow street runs alongside the Vasari corridor.

The Bardi apartment windows are those with the open sound dampening windows. You can see the little olive tree peeping over the edge of its terrace.

Via de' Bardi runs perpendicular to Via Guicciardini. This is the intersection. Take a right here and  you are at the Ponte Vecchio. Also note the bus stop for the D bus. It is a small electric bus that runs a route through the center of the city and hits most of the famous sites.

Walking away from the Ponte Vecchio on Via de' Bardi, we spied this shrine to St. Francis commemorating his first visit to Florence in 1211.

Piazza di Santa Maria Sopprarno opens along Via Bardi in sight of the apartment.

From the small piazza above, you can see Ponte alle Grazie and, as everywhere in Florence, the green Chianti hills rise in the distance. A medieval defensive tower can be seen above the bridge.

From the same piazza, look left for a wonderful view of the Ponte Vecchio and you can see how the Vasari corridor carries across the river and then turns right to head for the Uffizi.

From the same position as above, the beautiful Renaissance facade of the Uffizi beckons across the river.

Layout of the Bardi apartment.

Location of the Bardi apartment, illustrating its central and convenient location. 

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