Caterina is the landlord from heaven. She has a beautiful apartment in a beautiful location in a beautiful city. We stayed for over 2 months so we really know every inch of the apartment, and we loved it. An added benefit is that Caterina lives very close by so we didn't even need to contact her for questions, we bumped into her around the wonderful small square and neighborhood about once or twice a week. We knew that 10 feet wide stone streets in Florence can be noisy, and we worried that it would be a problem, but it always seemed to quiet down at bedtime and it never bothered us day or night. In fact we heard wonderful sounds off the street and square 200 feet away, toddlers speaking Italian, the nightly accordion player at the local great restaurants, ice-cream parlor and coffee shop, and we even heard opera and carolers. I can't recommend Caterina or her apartment high enough.