We spent 11 days in Julia's wonderful appartement, starting 3 weeks prior to easter. Stroke lucky with the weather, and got to make use of the terrazza in sunshine, to thaw up our frozen nordic bodies. The pots with Julias succulents and other plants, and the small apple tree blooming, made the space irresistible. The last days in Firenze was rainy and quite cold (well, it's colder in Norway!), but by some use of the appartement's THREE heat pumps/AC, the chill didn't represent any problem at all. Julias duvets are also of the good, warm kind! Closeness to everything, and bear in mind that Firenze's town centre isn't big, so getting around wasn't any problem. Staying this long made it even possible to rent a car at Sixt, which has a decent rental service at the train station, and to see Toscana for three days in early spring. Quite fantastic. Siena is a must-see! Our trip was pre season (season starts at easter), and thus we missed the big crowds. La Terrazza dell'Arte is a gem. We are not sure to reccomend it to everyone, but that is simply because we want to keep is to ourselves. We admit that's too selfish, so - if you are unsure, choose this place!