The good things: this apartment is quite lovely, spacious, clean, and flows nicely. It has been very nicely restored, and almost everything works quite well (toilets, stove, water heater, refrigerator, drains)--not often the case in Italy. It is really quite pretty despite a few poor furniture pieces (an aluminum rack in the bedroom that is supposed to make up for the limited armoire space [which armoire is further limited by the fact that one of the 3 doors does not seem to open]). The steps are wide and reasonable in number and height, and there is an elevator if you prefer to use it; I did not. It is comfortably secure due to 2 serious deadbolts, and the sheets and blankets were fresh (sheets) and warm (blankets). The wifi did not work when I arrived, but it was fixed within 24 hours, though admittedly that was an inconvenience. And the apartment has probably the best toilet paper I have ever found in Italy; not that that’s a huge deal, but it certainly was noticeable! Seriously. The bad things: If this isn’t the loudest street in Florence, I am afraid to ask what is. Over the past 18 years, I have stayed on both sides of the river, from Via Tornbuoni to Santa Croce, from Pitti Palace area to Santo Spirito and the Ponte Vecchio to the Lungarno. Between the people in the surrounding apartments, the people on the streets, and garbage and sewer trucks, ambulances and police, it was almost impossible to get to sleep, and I am deaf and took out my hearing aids when I went to bed! I was born in NYC and LIKE the sound of traffic, but this was absolutely unbearable. I would not consider going back to this apartment for that reason alone, even if everything else were perfect, and it is not. The shutters and windows did not all close fully, making the noisy and cold apartment noisier and colder (I asked about the heat but apparently the building owners, not the tenants, get to decide the inside temperature. In September, when the temperature outside is changing, this can be a bit of a challenge.) The lights were in a few cases difficult to work and in some they just pure-D did’nt work. This rendered the spare bathroom basically unusable. In addition there was no dishwasher or washing machine (one or both being common in most of the apartments I have rented in Florence), and no kitchen towels or paper towels or hand towels or washcloths, making it very difficult if not impossible to clean up after coffee, wine, meals, baths, or other ablutions. Speaking of wine there was only one tiny wine glass (c’mon guys, this is Italy!), and no zero no coffee. That is not a big deal I suppose, but everywhere else I have stayed at least had two wine glasses, adequate dish towels and hand towels, and at least some coffee. All in all, if you plan to be...