Best airbnb stay for us. Our first time in Florence but second time in Italy. I have stayed in a few airbnb with below par experience. So i have tried to use other services like Expedia and Vacation home.com in the past (1) We walked to and back from the train station with our luggages without problems. A 10-15 minutes walk even with our luggages saved the taxi money for other use. (2) 2nd floor facing inside was very nice and quite apartment, i am a light sleeper so no street noise is important to me. (3) a coffee machine is very clean and convenient because i wake up early before any store is open. (4) A convenient store is right across the street. The price of water, milk, pastries, sandwiches, coffee and beer are surprisingly cheap probably because of the competition from a 7-11 like market within 50 yards. (5) The host suggested Restaurants for both breakfast and dinner (within 3 minutes walk) not only saved us a ton of time of reading reviews to get quality food but also saved us money. The breakfast pastries from Ranier are top notched much better than the typical pastries in a Bar breakfast place. The stuffing in the pastries is very generous. The cappuccino is excellent as usual. Za-za for dinner offer lots of choices. We got a wild mushroom pizza, seafood Risotto and truffle risotto to share among the 3 of us plus white wine to go with the seafood and Italian draft beer. These local dishes would cost a lot more in USA where i came from. You really get more for the price you pay for probably because of its off center location. This totally exceeds my expectations. You normally get overpriced below par food for tourists. (6) The apartment is spot clean. New firm and comfortable beds and clean bed linens. Our beds feel very much like home. Excellent instant and good pressure for hot-water for shower. Good AC. Yes, it has a newer washer and a clothes rack. No mosquitoes for our stay. There is a window screen for mosquitoes so u can open it to let cool air in. (7) Marina was able to greet us on arrival and even gave us rides to watch the amazing sunset and million dollar view over the beautiful Arno river at Piazza Michelangelo one evening and made our stay more personal. It reminds me the view on the Potomac river at home in DC. This unique experience is Not what any amount of money can buy. Will definitely stay here again if we return.