I am a frequent traveler to Europe who has rented apartments and homes rather than hotels since 1984 for stays longer than two or three days. No one is better than Shiva; no one has a better located apartment than Shiva; no one understands the hospitality business better than Shiva. If I could give her six or seven stars, I would. I'm also a real person from Seattle, not a shill. Trust me. You will love staying in her apartment and living in central Firenze, three or four blocks from the Duomo, the Bargello, the Uffizi, and more fine restaurants than you will ever get to. My stay there was a month and a half; I'm returning in the fall. You'd better get the place reserved now.