Giulia's place is an authentic Italian apartment where you feel as if you are truly living like a Florentine. You enter off a very busy street and market area, climb to the "first" floor (up 20 steps) and instantly you are in a refuge away from the crowds of Florence. There are a couple of tiny grocery stores right beside the door to the apartment, and a couple of really good fast-and-cheap-food places a couple of steps away. You might have to walk another 20 steps to get a bottle of wine, and perhaps three minutes to get to the famous Florence market. The Accademia which houses "David" is about ten minutes, and the famous Duomo is about five minutes away. The train station is also just minutes down the Via Nazionale. So, in other words, the location is fantastic! The apartment itself is really cute. It contains a very small, but very well-stocked kitchen with a Moka-Express coffee-maker, a microwave, and more than enough dishes, pots, pans, etc. to cook at home. The living-room is very comfy to hang out and read or watch Netflix (on your own computer--there is no TV). Up three or four steps to the second level brings you to the very clean bathroom with a great shower and the bedroom with a pretty comfy bed. Up yet another 8 or 9 stone stairs is another smaller bedroom with a bigger single bed, perfect for a traveler friend or older child to have to themselves. (This area would not be good for toddlers). Off that upstairs bedroom is a sweet balcony where you can sit out and take the air, and listen to the neighbours go about their lives in the other apartments below. It is not intrusive, but you can hear them. The only thing I would warn visitors about is that there are lots of mosquitoes in Florence (well, in Italy in general at this time of year!) and there are no screens on the beautiful 10-foot windows. Bring your repellent!