Fabio has an excellent room in a stellar location. Everything was very comfortable, and the bathroom was probably the nicest we had the entire time we were in Italy (and PRIVATE too!). You can make it over the bridge into the interesting part of town within ten minutes easily -- there's an excellent Trattoria right down the street. Fabio was kind enough to leave work in the middle of the day to check us in (even though the room wasn't ready, he gave us keys and let us stow our bags, which was a godsend). He provided us with a pretty extensive and very filling breakfast, and he is quite pleasant to talk to when he's around in the morning. The ONLY downside to the room is it's right on a busy street with an awful lot of traffic during the night -- I had no trouble sleeping but my wife had a tough time. It's not a deal-breaker by any means but if you are a light sleeper it might be troublesome. This was only a slight downside on an otherwise fantastic stay in Florence at Fabio's excellent apartment!