The area(San Frediano) is perfect. On the other side of the river is the tourist side of Florence. The area is full of good restaurants and bars. Less tourists and more locals. If you arrive by car, can I recommend to use the villa Costanza parkering, it’s right next the a1 highway and the tram then take you to the central of Florence or the apartment in 20 min. About 7€ for 24h parking. The apartment is OK. We did had dirty towels which wasn’t nice. The pictures show a good representation. Florjan was a good host and answered messages fast.