MyFlorenceHoliday Gold Bridge DL.4 clearly views the renting of this apartment and probably the other 2 apartments that it owns as a purely commercial transaction. The first thing that they did upon my arrival at the apartment was to collect the city tax of EUR2.50 per adult (anyone 12 years of age or older) per night and EUR200 as deposit (refundable). These conditions were previously written in their listing in Italian but based on my feedback to them, I believe that they have now listed it in English. So consider yourself informed.

If you are looking for the warmness and familiarity of the a local renting out his / her apartment to you, then you may not get it here. It seems more like a company set up to rent out these apartments as it was a staff member who showed us the apartment.

Having said the above though, the apartment was great in terms of its size and level of cleanliness. From what I understand, this particular unit only started in Dec 2015 and hence everything is still extremely new. The beds were comfortable, the toilets were well-stocked with toiletries and towels and the unit was well-cleaned.

It was also well-located being just 5 minutes from Ponte Vecchio and perhaps a 8 to 12 minute walk to the Uffizi Gallery, Palazzo Vecchio and the Duomo. There are a café just across the road which serves the best pastries and decent coffee (can’t say the same about the attitude of the serving staff though) and various restaurants and gelateria that are within a 2 to 3 minute walking distance. The supermarket is just 3 doors away which allows you to stock up on whatever your need easily.

While there was a taxi stand located in the next street, we were unable to get a cab from there as I think most of them would not come into this area which is near the historic zone of the city. We ended up having to walk to the Santa Maria Novella station which was about 1.5 km away so that we could catch our train to the next city.

The air-conditioner in the unit did not seem to work very well as it either did not seem to blow out any air or blew out room temperature air, like a fan. The washing machine cum dryer was not the easiest to use but we did figure it out eventually. Also, there weren’t any cutlery in the apartment; no forks, spoons or knives – which I thought was pretty hilarious.

All in all, I felt that this was a good apartment to have rented. If you are able to overlook all its shortcomings, at least it was a new, clean, well-located, convenient and better than some of the other apartments that we rented in other parts of Italy.