Caterina’s apartment is in a great location in Florence. It’s on the not-so-touristy side of the bridge, but only 5 minutes walk to major attractions like the Uffizi, Ponte Vecchio, Duomo etc. We were really glad that we booked to stay in this area as there seemed to be much more going on where we were.
Caterina met us and showed us around the apartment when we arrived which was spotlessly clean. Caterina lives on the other size of the Piazza, which made it handy if we had questions for her. She answered a few questions we had within a few minutes of receiving them.
The apartment is on the first floor of the 2-storey building. The large windows throughout the apartment let a lot of light in, which was great, as I had heard that some apartments in Florence could be quite dark. The apartment is also very large for a 1 bedroom; there’s a room in between the lounge/kitchen and the bedroom that we used to store our bags and hang our clothes.
The street the apartment is on is quite noisy but we quite liked the sounds of happy people coming out of the local restaurants at night. A couple of late nighters kept us awake in the wee hours but I suppose that’s city living!
The kitchen is well stocked with crockery, cutlery and pots and pans.
The bed is super comfy and extremely soft. We would have liked a few extra pillows (there were only 2), but this is a very small suggestion for an otherwise perfect place to stay.