Great location, great value, super clean and well appointed, best shower in Italy! This property is a short walk from the SMN train station, but with heavy bags we chose to take a cab from the train station, but we would have been just fine to walk 10-15 minutes with our rolling bags (the streets in Florence are more like stone bathroom tiles, unlike the streets in Rome, which are uneven and have big gaps between the cobbles). Even though walking access to the train station was easy for hopping on the train for our day-trip into Tuscany, this property is right in the heart of the old Florence, just one block from the most expensive and fashionable street in town. I would have used the bicycles, but my wife hasn't ridden much since childhood, so we didn't use them, although Florence is a very bike-friendly town and they would have saved us some time had we wanted to see something further away from the city center. A nice 2-block walk down the Arno River to Ponto Vecchio, another block down the river to the Uffizi Gallery. Going the other direction from the apartment, we were one block away from the next bridge downstream, which gave great views of the Ponto Vecchio, super romantic for an evening stroll across the river to the great restaurant that Giovanni recommended. On night, on Giovanni's recommendation, we strolled across the river to Piazza Michelangelo to watch the sun set over the city-this may have been the highlight of our trip! The apartment has no staircase to have to lug luggage up and down, and has 2 steps between the main living area and the bedroom. This apartment was incredibly clean in every way, seemed to have been freshly renovated. The shower (much larger than I have seen elsewhere in Europe) has a nice door that closes completely, has endless hot water and has great water pressure and a good shower head (something my wife really appreciated with her long, curly hair). The AC was great(!)-we slept much better here than we did in Rome. The apartment is very, very quiet and we got the best sleep here of any trip to Europe I have ever taken. Giovanni was waiting for us when we arrived to check-in, and he helped us as a translator with a phone call when we lost an ipod in a restaurant. His mom makes incredible jam! We felt like we were visiting family. It is a joy to recommend this apartment.