This apartment is in a wonderful location, and so easy for walking to everything in Florence! We were able to walk to everything we wanted to see and do in the historic center. Antonio is very attentive and very quick to respond to any questions. He has close friends (Filippo and Claudia) who are professional tour guides. They were fantastic to work with! We wanted to create a custom set of places to see in Tuscany, as we only had one day available to do it. Our list of places were far apart, and so not available on a pre-packaged tour. So we had an amazing private tour with Filippo, in his beautiful BMW SUV. He drove us from Pisa to San Gimignano to Siena, all the while telling us about the culture and history of the area. He made lunch reservations for us at a wonderful winery, where we had a wine tasting of 5 different local wines! We can’t wait to get home and enjoy the ones we bought!! Filippo was terrific to talk with all day, and so kind and easygoing. We had an issue with our tickets to the Leaning Tower in Pisa, where there was a car accident on the road and we were 7 minutes late for our ticket time. There were only EIGHT PEOPLE in line at the time (so not crowded at all) but the ticket people were ridiculously unbending, and refused to accept our tickets even just a few minutes late. They forced us to purchase new ones so we could climb up. How unbelievably unkind, with no understanding of how these things can happen on the roadways beyond your control. This resulted in Filippo having to “eat” the cost of our tickets that he had gotten for us, since we had to buy new ones. He was very gracious about it...but that was 36 euros they forced him to lose!! Ridiculous!!! I will be writing a nasty letter to them about it, but it’s obvious they couldn’t care less. The tourist dollar supports Italy’s economy in a huge way, but they really don’t care about us at all. This wasn’t the first place we experienced completely rude behavior on the part of tourism officials. (Happened in Rome also when THEIR website about appointments for the Colosseum wouldn’t work correctly) They are State employees and honestly couldn’t care less about the people they serve. I was shocked at their behavior. But regardless, the fact that Filippo took the loss of money completely in his stride spoke volumes about his character. We felt completely awful to have to tell him we were forced to buy new tickets, thus nullifying the ones he bought...but he took it in his stride. This private tour day was an expensive splurge for me to do, or I would have just paid both. But given the wonderful experience with Filippo, it was worth every penny. If you get the chance to hire Filippo or Claudia when staying with Antonio, definitely do it!! You will love your time in Florence and Tuscany!!