Cosimo and Antonella, our hosts - an artist and a chef - were exceptional, gracious, and kind. They opened their tasteful, renovated monastery to Us and made it feel like our home. We wanted a Tuscan country experience and we got it. The photos were accurate and if anything understated. Their home is set on a gardened hill above the city (15 minute walk to a bus stop and about 45 minutes walking distance to the center of Florence.
Our hosts offered us refreshments along with breakfast. They shared colorful family histories and we were surrounded by beautiful original Despite no language skills on my part, Antonella gracefully helped me to arrange for flowers and florentine cake for my wife's birthday celebration.
We missed Cosimo and Antonella as soon as we left Florence. This was our best Airbnb experience by far. Our room was private, quiet, and comfortable and even though we had no AC we did have open windows, fresh breezes, and a beautiful view of a landscape that Leonardo might have painted. We would gladly stay there again and again.