Fabio was an excellent host. We arrived about half an hour earlier than we had planned but he was home and our room was ready. He helped us with our heavy suitcases and showed us to our room. I would highly recommend the Mar's room, it is not only beautiful but it is also spacious and clean. The later is what I usually care the most about when choosing accommodations and I was very nervous since this was my first time using airbnb… but as soon as you enter the apartment you can see that Fabio takes a lot of pride on his home… his project… Annusca’s House. Mar’s room is in the first floor (which would technically be the second floor in U.S.A.). There is one more room currently available in that floor, Cupid, and Fabio mentioned that the third room, Venus, will be available starting this fall.

The first day we had breakfast in the patio which was lovely and the second day we had breakfast indoors since it had rained the night before. The breakfast includes warm hard-boiled eggs (rare in Italy), yogurt, juice, coffee, fruit, cold meats, marmalade, cheese and homemade Apfelstrudel (which was my favorite part of the breakfast).

Although the apartment is technically “outside” from the city center, most of the museums are within walking distance. We had the Firenze card, which includes unlimited bus rides, but we did not feel the need to ride a bus. At night we walked back home and although it there was not a lot of people out and about (August is a vacation month for Italians) the streets were well lit and we did not feel unsafe.

Fabio also owns a restaurant but we were in Florence only for 2 nights so we were not able to visit it (you'll need to take a taxi to get there) but hopefully we will back soon.

Thanks Fabio for you hospitality!