Checkin was great claudia was wonderful and very communicative.
We loved the location. I used to live in santo spitirito on the other side of the Ponte vecchio. Staying closer to the city center is much easier to get around. Very touristy but that’s expected in Florence
It is very noisy at night because the room overlooks a pizzeria. They have great coffee and lattes but they play loud music at night. It’s a well known restaurant so foot traffic was at a high during late hours. If you want a quiet place to turn in this is not the location
It was a bit hard to find at first. I previously studied abroad in Florence. Even with being familiar with the area and the pictures provided the directions were tough to follow. I had a very hard time with the gate to the courtyard. At night the keys that were provided were
1. not the correct keys
2. They just didn’t work on any of the 3 gates.
The second night Claudia was very accommodating and brought us her personal copy of the keys and showed us how to open it but those gates are tough to figure out. We ended up having to hop the fence 3 times to get in and out of the gate (this is not an easy task. There are metal steaks at the top of gate which was very dangerous for us)
The location is a 5 min walk to the duomo and piazza del republica
This listing is shown as a 2 bedroom option but it’s really only 1 bed and a couch. It is not a pull out couch either but a boutique couch that isn’t very comfortable. The bed was wonderful. After a long day of walking it was great coming back to such a comfortable bed.
The bathroom is tiny. The shower is incredibly small. The water pressure on the shower was very low and the water temperature stayed at medium hot the entire trip. I think it would be easier to use the small shower if they added something to place your toiletries like a shower rack inside the shower
I also wish they had an iron. I saw an ironing board in the bathroom But looked everywhere and couldn’t find an iron anywhere.
The stove was tough to figure out. I think handwritten or printed out instructions would help a lot for people who plan on staying more than a few days.
You have to walk up 5 flights of stairs as she is almost on the top floor. You do have a small view of the duomos tower which was pretty to wakeup to. The bells not so much but granted we were staying next to a church so that’s to be expected. I definitely overpacked and brought an L/XL suitcase. Having to carry that up 5 flights of stairs was a true hassle but that’s my fault. Claudia was kind enough to help me lug the suitcase up the stairs during checkin. What a workout! There is no elevator in this building
We also had issues with the keys to the room. Claudia was very helpful in her responses but the doors were difficult to open sometimes to the actual apartment.