This is a wonderful apartment in a perfect location to experience Florence at its best. Borgo Pinti is one of the best residential streets in the center of Florence. It is close to everything: shopping, museums, restaurants, public transport, etc. You can walk anywhere in the central city in 20 minutes or less so it is easy to experience whatever you want. It is also close to a decent supermarket (Conad City) and an excellent proper market (Mercato di Sant Ambrogio) so you have access to all the excellent produce available in Italy and you can cook your own meals if you want.
The apartment is well equipped with everything you are likely to need if you do want to cook some of your meals or heat up leftovers or whatever. Our family has four cooks so we enjoy creating our own masterpieces some of the time as well as eating in our favorite restaurants. And with a couple of young grandchildren, it was easier to eat lunches out and dinners in.
The apartment is physically about perfect for a get-together of 6-8 people. There are four proper bedrooms, each with queen sized comfortable beds and closets, plus a bonus TV room with a queen size sofabed upstairs. In addition, there is a tower room with a spectacular 360 degree view over Florence. The living room, dining area and kitchen are very large and are accurately shown in the photographs. The living room has a projection TV which was great fun once we figured out how to show our movies on it.
Because the apartment is so large (3300 square feet), you never get the feeling that everybody is on top of one another. And, if someone needs a little personal space, the tower room or the upstairs tv room provide places to be alone.
Angela and Annalisa are the best, most attentive and most pleasant hosts we have experienced on Airbnb. Despite the fact that we stayed over Christmas proper, they responded immediately to every issue and question that came up. And with three families in residence, some issues are bound to arise. Their attentiveness helped make our stay a Christmas for all to remember.