I really enjoyed my stay in Modi’s apartment. He and Rita were extremely helpful and great to work with. The apartment has a ton of character and charm. It’s located in a really fantastic neighborhood in the Oltrarno area of Florence (other side of the river). More specifically, San Frediano. This is where people live. It’s a real neighborhood. Sure, there are some tourists here and there. But they’re the smarter tourists who are hanging out in this neighborhood to avoid all the other tourists. lol It’s easy and quick and rather beautiful from here to simply cross one of the many bridges to pop into the center of Florence and do what you want to do, and then pop back over to lovely San Frediano to hang out and live amongst the people. The restaurants are real, authentic, charming, wonderful. Enjoy!