This is a spacious, cheerful and well equipped apartment. It has everything you need to cook and clean. There are also books and games.
Although it is fairly dark inside because the bedroom and lounge is interior, there are plenty of lights for you to use. The interior bedroom is good because the nights are peaceful and with an extra-firm mattress we slept well. It is unfortunate that there were mosquitoes but Marco provided us with a machine and some spray.
Marco is a very friendly host. He provided us with a bottle of wine and two bottles of water and, having given us an explanation of everything and the keys, he left us to ourselves. We liked that. He was always there on the phone if we needed him.
Now a word about Florence. It is ultra expensive, (I paid €8.50 for 12 ibuprofen tablets and it's only 48 pence here in London for the same). If your budget is tight here's a few suggestions to help you.
1) Eat at home. Carrefour express is just across the road and you can eat something rather than the ubiquitous flour, cheese and tomatoes that nearly every trattoria sells.
2) Go to the attraction yourself and pay your own entrance fee, don't book online or with a tour. You can Google the information you need and walk around yourself to see the attractions. For example, the apartment is on the same road as the Boboli Gardens. It cost €10 entrance fee and there were no queues in April. If you are European between 18 and 25 years old you can enter for €2.
When you eat out, or even take a drink, expect something you haven't asked for to be put on the table. It could be breads or peanuts or crisps or, after a meal you may be offered of limoncello It seems as though this is a complementary gesture. It isn't. We paid between 3 and €6 plus service for bread or a tiny bowl of crisps (about 20g). Service charge in most places is 12 and a half percent especially if you sit outside.
Tell them you don't want bread or crisps or peanuts and you will save yourself some money.
Unless you find it difficult to walk don't worry about taxis which cost around €5 per km. The tram from the airport is €1.50. Take it to Santa Maria Novella. The apartment is one-and-a-half km from there. You can take a number 11 bus to Porto Romana, just steps away from the apartment, or you can walk over the middle bridge.
Pavements are narrow and crowded.
There are some things you can do in Florence that are free.
1) the cathedral (Duomo). However, the queues are ridiculous.
2) the oldest pharmacy in Santa Maria Novella dating back to 1221 and really worth a visit. Free entrance and you could ask for a tester of the perfumes.
3) piazza Michelangelo. Here you can see a copy of David without having to pay and the most magnificent views over the whole city. It's a big climb but it's well worth it and on the way down you can see grottoes and waterfalls.
4) Mercado Centrale. Questionable leather goods outside, food inside and lots of not cheap trattorias upstairs. You can also have a pasta cookery lesson here for €65 per person.
5) Take the train to Pisa. Around €17 for a day return and about an hour travelling. Famous tower is a 20-minute walk from the station and is more laid-back than Florence. Pisa is cheaper unless you eat/drink around the tower. Again it is free to get into the cathedral and if you're lucky you may get a table at a typical Italian trattoria called da Stelio, only open between 12 and 3, and mobbed because it's so cheap. A bit of Italian helps with the menu.
That's all. I hope you enjoy Tuscany