Just wanted to start off by saying that Niccolo is a wonderful host! He’s very accommodating and communicates very well. He was so sweet and helped us with carrying our luggage up the stairs. Thank you Niccolo!!
As for the apartment, here are the pros and cons:
Pros-
- location: right outside the touristic areas, which is what we wanted. It’s about 10-20 mins walking from major attractions and not far from the train station.
- cleanliness: the apartment was well-kept and quite clean.
- amenities: it had everything we needed like towels, kitchen appliances, etc
Cons:
- it’s on the third floor with narrow stairs which makes carrying luggage difficult. This is a problem if you have any physical disabilities.
- The apartment was much smaller than we anticipated but I guess this is Florence. If you’re used to bigger accommodations, you might feel it’s a bit too tight for 2 people to move around.
- The bathroom was tiny: the toilet was inside the shower- as you can imagine this can be very inconvenient.
- You can’t use more than one appliance at a time or else the circuit breaker will turn off. We had the A/C and washing machine on and the circuit breaker turned off and we had to go down to turn it on.