The apartment was lovely and Mauro extremely helpful and welcoming He suggested places that we should be sure to visit as it was our first time in Florence and we took his advice and had a wonderful time. It is very easy to walk from the apartment to the main tourist attractions. Mauro also organised a taxi for us at the end of our stay and recommended a restaurant in Siena for the following week - again we followed his advice and had a lovely meal. The only downside for us was the noise from the bar below which we found did make sleeping difficult. We do live in the countryside so are maybe less used than others to city noises. Other than that we were very happy with everything.