If you’re looking for a prime, downtown apartment close to the golden bridge and walking distance to Accademia and other downtown attractions, this is a wonderful, historical building with several centuries of history held within its walls!
Pros:
- Great location
- Bathroom showers were well-pressurized and bathrooms were updated
- Updated interiors with modern amenities like induction stove, a/c in every room, washer & dryer with detergent (yes, there is a dryer!), lots of lights set against beautiful wooden beams
- Our point person, Cristiano, was responsive and helpful, and took care of many issues/questions that came up during our stay
- Contained bathroom amenities, including soap, shampoo, body wash, hair dryer, waste bin
Cons:
- Electric circuit was complicated, and the a/c in one of the rooms wouldn’t turn on a few times (the windows were closed so it wasn’t the auto turn-off feature — we had to have the owner come and reset the system) and the lights in the stairwell & hall way wouldn’t turn on for a day, so we had to use our phone lights to navigate through the staircase in complete darkness
- The electric keypad for the primary entranceway didn’t work for several days, which required us buzzing the owner instead (it was manageable but it took some time of troubleshooting and wondering why we couldn’t get into the building)
- BEWARE: there is NO elevator in this building (and many other Florence residences.) Expect to carry up your big luggage and bags by hand one by one and sweat a bit from your workout, which we did to the 4th floor unit