We spent a wonderful 6 days in Florence. The city is gorgeous and has so much to see and do. Staying at Francesco’s apartment was a nice reprieve from lots to do and from the Italian August heat. The rooftop terrace gave us an experience unlike no other with gorgeous panoramic views of Florence and it’s beautiful countryside. Sunrise and sunsets are amazing from the terrace.
Francesco’s apartment had some unfortunate quirks however. After seeing pictures online of the gorgeous jacuzzi bathtub, I was excited to use it during my stay. Unfortunately, we were told the bathtub wasn’t working upon checking-in. There is a separate working standing shower, but I was looking forward to using the bathtub as well.
The button to flush the toilet kept sticking pretty regularly which became frustrating, as well.
One of the biggest problems was the fact that there was no working internet for us for the entirety of our stay. When messaging Francesco about the problem we were told that the problem was being taken care of, but we never saw that to be true. Because of no working internet, planning for our Florence adventures was stopped in its tracks. Looking up museum websites, looking at train times or directions to specific places, browsing restaurant menus or making reservations were all things we were unable to do. We were forced to use our roaming data to try to access the internet and it usually didn’t work well. Luckily, we bought tickets to most of the things we wanted to do in Florence before leaving to come to Italy. Besides no internet and no jacuzzi tub as advertised, the place is great