Hiring a home in Italy - Apartment Tiffany - Vacation rental apartment in Lucca, Tuscany

Hiring a home in Italy - Apartment Tiffany - Vacation rental apartment in Lucca, Tuscany.

This airy, spacious vacation apartment offers rental accommodation for up to four in the historical centre of Lucca. The mediaeval Italian city offers a range of delights for your holiday and is within easy range of the seaside, Pisa and Florence.

Apartment Tiffany is a quiet and charming one-bedroom holiday flat on the first floor of an old building in Via Fillungo, at the very heart of the historical and commercial district of this wonderful walled city.

A lovely, quiet and well furnished flat, it has been totally renovated, with a large living area, a double sofa bed, a fully equipped kitchen, dining area, a double bedroom, a bathroom with shower, air conditioning, microwave and colour TV. The apartment has private parking.

Weekly prices for four people range from €550 in the high season, through €490 in mid season, to €390 in the low season. For two guests, rental is €490 in high season, €430 mid season, and €350 in low season.

Daily prices for four range from €110 in the high season, through €100 in mid season, to €70 in the low season. For two guests, rental is €90 in high season, €80 mid season, and €60 in low season.

Weekly rental runs from Saturday to Saturday, with linen and final cleaning included in the price. There are also double rooms with bath and breakfast available. Larger groups might want to consider overspilling into the nearby rooms of Casa Alba, a short stroll away within the city walls.

If you don't know Lucca you're in for a marvellous surprise. One of the major Tuscan cities (and former city states) along with Florence, Siena and Pisa, it is nonetheless quieter and less bustling than its neighbours. Probably the most graceful of the Tuscan provincial capitals, it sits within enormous mediaeval fortified walls. These once defended Lucca against her enemies, today they provide a delightful view of the surrounding town and countryside and are well-used by joggers and cyclists. Dotted with majestic plane trees, there are parks (this is a marvellous spot to take a picnic beneath the trees' shade on a sunny day) and the town's botanic gardens.

Descend into the city itself and you realise that the pedestrian comes before the car in Lucca. That's a good thing - the town's narrow, winding streets follow a pattern far older than the mediaeval fabric of most of Lucca, maintaining the grid laid out by the Romans when they first developed the city in 180BC.

The whole city is a marvellous jumble of churches (there were once 70-100 here), Renaissance palazzi, the old Amphitheatre, piazzas and unexpected alleyways. There are terrific pizzerias, restaurants, bars, some very chic shops and the Duomo - the city's cathedral. With the circumference of the walls being less than two miles, you get an idea of how much is squeezed within a tiny area. And with the car relegated to second place, most Lucchese choose to travel round their city by bicycle. It makes for a delightfully relaxed (and clean) environment) and your apartment lies at its very heart.

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