Florence is amazing - and Massimiliano's place is in a perfect location with a view of the Duomo that will stay with me forever. We wish we had been able to take Massimiliano's food tour in order to meet him, but sadly he was fully booked. That said, self-check-in was smooth as was self-check out. You can actually see the back porch from the top of the dome. My son who is a videographer and photographer did a video from the top and I photographed from the bottom. Very wonderful!