Staying in Claudia’s apartment made our time in Florence the best it could have possibly been. We were greeted by Claudia’s husband who did not speak English (and we did not speak Italian) but he communicated so well regardless and is so lovely! We were even greeted with a bottle of local wine. The apartment is in the perfect location, while there is plenty of public transport close by we did not have to use it as we could walk everywhere and there is so much to do and see very close by anyway. Definitely make use of the restaurant recommendations on the cork board - we tried most of them and loved them all. Having a washing machine was a massive help to us too! We did not want to leave and would 100% stay here again.