The apartment is perfectly located. Less than two minutes to Santa Croce, around ten minutes to the Duomo. There is public transportation nearby and taxis usually gather at Piazza Santa Croce, so it is rather easy to catch a cab to the airport without prior arrangements. The fixed fares for transfer from/to the airport should be around 22 EUR (additional cost at night, on holidays and for luggage).
The apartment itself is located on a smaller one-way-street right opposite Piazza Santa Croce. There are cafes, a gelateria as well as several shops on the street. The latter seem to attract Asian travel groups that seem to get funneled through there, so don’t be alarmed if there are large groups of tourists waiting on the walkway.
There is a large supermarket nearby (around ten minutes walking distance). The owner kindly left a map where he marked supermarket, garbage disposal and the main points of interest to get you started.
The central location of the apartment comes with a small price to pay, which is some noise during the early hours of the night. We stayed from Friday until Monday, thus covering the whole weekend, when there is usually more activity during the nights.
Due to the old brickwork of the building, the apartment doesn’t heat up too much during the daytime, even when it’s quite hot outside. The bedroom also has an air conditioning unit, just in case. Although it was around 30 ° C outside during the daytime when we were there, we did not use the air conditioning. The living room (with adjacent kitchen and bathroom) also has a ceiling fan to counter the heat.
The apartment is well equipped, we didn’t lack anything for our three-day-stay. In fact there is several parts of the equipment we didn’t even use – like the washing machine.
The owner made contact beforehand and explained all details about check-in and check-out and made sure we settled in all right. Whenever we had a question, he answered within the hour.
We had a very nice stay and would absolutely recommend the apartment for sightseeing purposes or to simply explore the city.