![]() By Lee MarshallĪddress: Via dei Pandolfini, 20, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy Website: Price: From about £100 per nightįor the past eight years, Tina Seidenfaden Busck has been welcoming switched-on clients to her appointment-only gallery ensconced in an 18th-century, buttermilk-yellow building by the canal that cuts through Christianshavn’s man-made islands. Midway between the Duomo and Santa Croce, with the Vivoli gelateria and Enoteca Pinchiorri – two Florence institutions – both around the corner, this is a breath of fresh air right in the heart of the Tuscan city. Artists use the four lofty, light-filled apartments as hybrid studios and living areas regular guests fit into the frequent gaps between studio residencies, but get to absorb the energy cultivated here through rotating exhibitions, a growing permanent collection and close encounters with artists in the communal kitchen. Elsewhere, wall frescoes painted to celebrate an 18th-century dynastic wedding rise above modern pieces. ![]() Vintage furniture was sourced by the owner from all over Europe – there are woven chairs in a Bauhaus style, which alongside some quirky items by Rampolla himself, such as a three-legged table made with stacked wooden discs, add to the winsome eccentricity. In 2016, Rampolla, whose family owns the Castello di Rampolla winery in Chianti, decided to turn a section of the family palazzo into an open house for artists and paying guests, with interiors by British designer and all-round cultural magpie Andrew Trotter, to set up ‘a space where people who work in creative industries can take some time off from their working routine, going back to the passions that first motivated them’. But walk into what this urban residence’s owner, Martino di Napoli Rampolla, modestly calls Loft 4, and the scene shifts. ![]() With its pietra serena columns, this entrance seems to presage yet another of those rather chilly noblesse oblige digs, full of la contessa’s hand-me-down furniture. There’s a baroque statue of Hercules in the courtyard of Palazzo Galli Tassi, on a plinth once occupied by Michelangelo’s David-Apollo. By Karin MuellerĪddress: A Royal Affair, Nyhavn, Copenhagen Website: Price: From about £675 per night You may even bump into your neighbours while you’re out for a stroll. Situated right around the corner from the colourful Nyhavn canal with its Skittle-coloured houses, it’s in an ideal spot for sampling smørrebrød sandwiches and exploring the nearby shopping streets. It’s a masterclass in combining classic details with artfully understated Scandinavian design. The cosy living room, with its wood-panelled walls and plush mustard velvet sofas dramatically contrasts with the contemporary baby- pink and powder-blue bedrooms, stark-white bathroom and minimalist kitchen. The building was originally designed by Nicolai Eigtved and Laurids Lauridsen de Thurah, who were also responsible for the design of Christiansborg Palace in central Copenhagen, and the property has had many royal residents – you can still spot their coats of arms painted on the wooden ceiling rafters and iron casts above the impressive ornamental fireplace.Ĭonverting this unique space required special permission, which was granted to the owners by the Slots-og Kulturstyrelsen (Agency for Culture and Palaces) in 2018, and it is now available to book through luxury apartment collection The Plum Guide. As you’d expect from the name, A Royal Affair is a truly spectacular place with a grand feel on the first floor of the structure directly attached to the striking 18th-century Yellow Palace, which is brimming with history and today houses the marshal of the Danish Royal Court. It’s not every day you can say you’re neighbours with royalty, but a stay in this Copenhagen apartment may be the closest you’re going to get – it’s right next door to Queen Margrethe’s pad, Amalienborg Palace.
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