Elly's place is a cosy one-bedroom apartment on the top of Florence's many traditional buildings. It's very centrally located - very close to San Lorenzo, Santa Maria del Fiore and the Mercato Centrale - and thus right in the middle of Florence's vibrant inner-city life. The apartment itself is very quiet, however, and very clean. One of the apartment's highlight's is definitely the beautiful balcony, offering a great view of the Mercato Centrale. Basically all the major sites can be reached on foot. The same holds true for the Central Station Santa Maria Novella and the Tram T2 going between the airport and Unità. The Piazza San Marco, one of the major bus-stops, is very close by.
I stayed in Florence for the whole of February and thoroughly enjoyed my stay . Elly is a perfect host/landlord and always responds to questions on the apartment immediately. Her hints on where to eat and where to have an aperitivo were always spot-on.
Would definitely stay there again. Mind you, however, that the apartment is on top of an old building. Thus it tends to get a bit chilly during the winter. This is especially true for the bathroom. So bring warm socks or slippers and potentially shower sandals.