We had a wonderful stay at Tarcisio's beautiful flat for 4 days in early October 2013. The apartment is exactly as pictured, far enough from tourist crowds to be relaxing, but close enough to the sites to be convenient. Just a 15 minute walk to get to Santa Maria Novella train station and piazza, maybe 20-30 minutes to get to Santa Croce and Uffizi, 10 minutes away from Ponte Vecchio. 5 minutes away from supermarket and really good restaurants (and gelato!) 100 feet from the Arno. 10 minutes away from Florence airport by taxi. Tarcisio met us at the flat and gave us a great overview of it, as well as marking all of the important spots on the Firenze map for us - particulary the grocery stores and their nearby "restaurant row." Had great suggestions of tourists spots he recommended and gave a little history of the San Freddiano neighborhood where the flat is located. While the flat may look a little far from the sights on the Firenze map from the tourist office, it really is not. In Tarcisio's words, you can walk around the entire city in 2 1/2 hours from the flat! The flat is gorgeous and really exceeded our expectations!