Florida has a lovely studio well decorated very close to the Duomo. Her apartment is very well situated with only a fifteen minute walk from train station. Easily manageable unless you have a lot of luggage. It is a perfect place to make it your home base to Florence. Duomo, statue of David and many designer shops very close by. And don't forget to try the gelato place next door. The only down side was that the AC did not seem to cool the studio down enough. And it is so close to down town that it hard not to here early morning noise.