The “Stylish Smart Ground Floor Apartment", a welcoming spacious flat, with creamy masonry walls and rustic beamed ceilings, is cozy and embracing with a curated sense that feels lived-in rather than stuffy. While it has well preserved historic details and is filled with period Tuscan furnishings, this apartment is functionally up to date with robust Internet, a well-arrayed kitchen and a modern bathroom with a larger than average shower and abundant hot water. There is also an efficient high-tech washer/dryer as well as robust WiFi Internet access for all one’s streaming needs. Additionally, there is a separate parlor, between the bathroom and bedroom, which we used as a dressing room as well as a place to store our luggage. Although the flat is located on the ground floor, (always a positive when traveling with heavy luggage), it is very quiet and secure, slightly above street level, accessed from a locked and covered private courtyard. It is literally steps away from the church of San Frediano and its eponymous piazza, with it’s cafés and shops, as well as Via Fillungo, one of the main shopping street of Lucca . Our host, Chiara, was professional, communicative and responsive throughout the process. She arrived punctually at the check-in time, gave us a detailed tour of the apartment and provided an operations binder with pertinent information as well as excellent dining and tourist information to ensure that we would get the most out of our visit to this lovely city. We will certainly return to “The Stylish Smart Ground Floor Apartment” on our next visit to Lucca and we would recommend it to anyone interested in visiting this charming city.