Torre di Bellosguardo, Florence

-BELLOSGUARDO - SUCH A SPECIAL CHARM- AN INFORMAL ATMOSPHERE- RELAXING. GUESTS BECOME MESMERIZED BY ITS INTIMACY. TRACES OF HISTORY EVERYWHERE- TRACES WHICH REVEAL HOW COUNTLESS FAMOUS PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT BY BELLOSGUARDOS SPELL. ONES FIRST IMPRESSION WHEN ARRIVING AT BELLOSGUARDO. SUCH A HAVEN FROM THE FRENETIC RHYTHMS OF THE CITY BELOW. NO TWO ROOMS ARE ALIKE. EACH ONE HIDES A PLEASANT SURPRISE- A FOUR-POSTER BED- OR A RENAISSANCE CHEST OF DRAWERS- A SPOTLESS BATHROOM CONCEALED IN A CARVED WOODEN ALCOVE- OR A GABLED CEILING WITH ROSETTES SCULPTED IN 1400. WHO KNOWS WHO OCCUPIED THESE ROOMS. WHO RESTED HERE . WHO GAZED OUT FROM THESE WINDOWS. THE BALLROOM RICHLY FRESCOED- NOW THE RECEPTION WHERE GUESTS ARE INTRODUCED TO A WORLD OF PEACE AND SILENCE. THE BALLROOM- LEADS TO THE ORANGERIE- BATHED IN LIGHT- SO FRESH WITH PLANTS.