The location of the rental is exceptional, being a short distance across the River Arno (Oltrarno area) from Florence’s very busy city center. At the end of each day, it was nice to escape the crush of the city center and retreat to this very nice apartment. Lorenzo and Chiara always responded promptly to our texts, although we did not meet them. Lorenzo connected us with a fabulous day-tour operator (father and daughter team) that took us to Siena, San Gimignano, Monteriggioni, and the Torciano winery, all within an hour of Florence. This was money well spent and we recommend it to anyone staying in Florence longer than two days. This added Tuscan excursion truly made our stay in Florence to another level. As indicated in the listing, each of the three bedrooms are in loft spaces, although the steps to the lofts were steeper and more narrow than the listing photographs showed. We also realized that loft bedrooms without loft bathrooms can lead to some cautious midnight visits to the downstairs bathrooms. Also, two of the three loft bedrooms are situated along the front of the apartment and, thus, the street, which can be noisy at night and early in the morning. The other bedroom is at the rear of the apartment and we heard no street noise. Overall, a good apartment to base a trip to Florence from, although check to make sure a foot race (e.g., marathon or 10K) isn’t scheduled on your departure date, as you likely will not be able to get a cab to the train station and may end up pushing your roller bags through the streets of Florence to make your train.