Amaranta was a really great host - friendly, kind and generous - and Tina left us a sweet gift at our door the first day! The neighbourhood in Florence is great - you can escape the main tourist life a bit and see beneath to something of what it's like to live in the old city.

The apartment itself is very old indeed - which is one of its charms - and very unusual too in that it is split across three levels. So you'd need to be physically able to clamber up and down old stone staircases. In that sense it is an unusual space but we got into it and it proved a fine base from which to explore the city - and from where you could easily get out of the city by bus into the Tuscan countryside.

There are organic supermarkets and even a vegan friendly restaurant nearby! We'd recommend the space for an authentic experience of old Florence. And our hosts were very accommodating indeed around storing luggage on our last day, which was a real boon.