Overview

Walking through the streets of Florence, you can feel the hand of history and the soft brush of the ghosts of those who endowed the city. Part of its vast cultural inheritance is the 13th century church of Santa Maria Novella whose facade, a masterpiece as fresh as today, hides ancient frescos and significant works of art. In the same piazza is a discreet entrance to an old house whose interiors were inspired by the beauty of the church but in the idiom of contemporary Italian design. This is J. Place, your place, when you visit Florence. Having entered, the urban discord is silenced by the stout walls, the heat of a summer*s day lost to air-conditioning. You are wrapped in comfort and indulgent luxury. The breakfast room is an old courtyard now stylishly covered in glass and there is a relaxing terrace on the top floor reminiscent of the Mediterranean and Africa.