My 3 kids and I spent a week, in July, at Anna Rebecca's apartment. We had a wonderful time and Anna Rebecca is a gracious, easy-going host, who is extremely helpful and very approachable. She even kindly invited my children and I to her personal home for dinner one evening and we met her terrific family and had a delicious meal, al fresco.
The location of the apartment is fantastic. It is less than a 10 minute walk to Piazza Del Duomo, a 4 minute walk from the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella and, it is situated directly in front of the main train station, Santa Maria Novella (SMN). The location was wonderful for my kids because it meant it never took us long to get to, or back from anywhere. In addition, being located in front of SMN made it extremely easy for us to jump on a train and do a day trip to Rome (and other destinations). We also did a couple of city tours and found that the tour meeting point was literally a 2 minute walk from the apartment, which was extremely handy as there were some very early morning starts! Loads of buses stop along the street and there is a taxi stand at the SMN station, which made it easy to get a taxi to the airport, which is only 20 minutes away. There are restaurants and shops close-by, including a supermarket just around the corner, which has a tour/travel agency right next to it, which was pretty handy when it came to booking day trips. I couldn't have chosen a better location for an apartment if I had tried.
Despite being so centrally located, and in the middle of a busy hub, the apartment is surprisingly quiet. It was always nice walking into the cavernous calm of the apartment and leaving the over-crowded streets of Florence behind. The apartment is actually much larger than it looks in the pictures, with very high ceilings and large windows. I loved the safety and security of the apartment, which was extremely important to me, traveling on my own with the children. On Anna Rebecca's advice, during the day when we were in the apartment, we left the front door open to get a great breeze, without any worry of any unwanted visitors stopping by. Having a lift in the building was also helpful with getting suitcases and groceries in and out.
I would thoroughly recommend this apartment. It is secure, very centrally located and is within walking distance of all of Florence's main attractions.