My sister and I traveled to Florence for about a week to meet up with friends studying abroad, and we really enjoyed our stay at Maurizio’s place! He gave us plenty of information beforehand about how to find our way to the apartment from the airport, and he met us in person at the door to show us around the place upon our arrival. He and his wife Francesca were very friendly and more than accommodating!! The apartment is up several flights of steep steps, but they were very manageable. There is no AC (which isn’t uncommon at all) but the several fans they provided did a considerably good job at cooling down the apartment, and it was totally comfortable the vast majority of the time despite the crazy high temperatures! We found the location to be nice and quiet in the evenings and liked to hang out in the surrounding area during the day for a more chill, residential vibe. The more touristy, bustling areas were just across the bridge, about a 15 minute walk that was easy to make every day. We also made the walk back from the main city in the evenings once the sun had gone down several times, which (generally speaking was a little nervewracking just being young women but other than that) never felt overtly dangerous or scary because it’s a pretty lively and well-trafficked area. Overall I would highly recommend this place and would love to stay here again in the future!