This was the perfect location for our holiday in Florence. We stayed a week in this charming small apartment - our "hobbit hole" as we called it.

It was very near Piazzetta di San Miniato where we found great restaurants and a place to get gelato - even though the icecream was better at Gelateria Cantina del Gelato nearby (you go by this place when you are going grocery shopping or walking to Ponte Vecchio).

Stefania was very helpful and sent Maria to get us settled. Maria had all kinds of great suggestions for where to go and what to see - we followed a lot of them with great succes.

The line for taxis at the train station was very long when we arrived so we walked to the apartment with our suitcases. This was not an easy task and took us about an hour because of crowds and narrow sidewalks. We recommend that you take a taxi or at least take the bus a bit of the way. Bus number 23 ran nearby and pretty often - it does not go straight to the station but you can walk to the bus stop. I think line D also takes you a bit of the way, but it was small and slow, so we did not use it much.

One morning we woke up to no water in the apartment - turns out a water main had broken (parked cars actually fell into the pipe) and Stefania was very quick in giving us this information when we asked her about the water.

It was a bit cold in the evenings when we were in Florence so we did not use the courtyard much. Bring mosquito spray if you plan on sitting outside in the evening.

The bed was just perfect. This bed was not too hard and not too soft - with plenty of pillows... and very clean.

We were very happy to stay in this apartment and very happy with Stefania (and Maria) as hosts.