Great location. It seemed that just about everything we wanted to do in Florence was closer than expected. It's a wonderful walking town. And the location makes all the walks that we wanted (save 1) very easy on the legs. Moreover, while the door is on a small side street the windows overlook Via del Corso. We enjoyed opening the huge windows onto that street and listening to the chatter and hum of people walking up and down. Even leaning out and people watching from above. And when we wanted to sleep the windows reduced the noise just fine and we had air conditioning to keep it cool enough. This was only our second airbnb experience. Having the common area with strangers (one other bedroom) was a little different - but really not a problem at all. Overall a VERY delightful time. And having an apartment (with local flavor like the tiny bathroom and the huge windows) and being able to converse with Monica made it feel more authentic. In the future I'll lean towards this rather than hotels.