Sid’s place was a wonderful apartment perfectly located within a very easy walk from Stazione Santa Maria Novella (5 minute walk). It is right across the street from Sabatini Ristorante. Because there are two different sets of numbers for street numbers, red and blue, it can be confusing and it is right across the street from this restaurant, and putting this ristorante into G Maps made it easy to find.
The location was perfect for exploring is the Duomo/Santa Maria di Fiore, Michaelangelo’s Accademia Galleria, Pitti Palace As well as a ton of shopping, cafés and restaurants. There is a cute little coffee and pastry shop right next to the entrance of the apartment that was perfect for an espresso stop in the morning.
Inside the apartment, the master bed and bath were separate from the second bedroom that had two twin beds and it’s own bathroom right off the kitchen. The master had a tiny balcony. The living area had a nice large table, couch and comfortable chairs for socializing together.
We had a party of four and were completely comfortable. There is a pull out couch in the living area as well.
Only disadvantage of this apartment is being on the 3rd floor ( 4th floor to Americans), with no elevator, which was a lot of steps. This was not a problem with our group given as we had no mobility issues— and after all the pasta we ate during our stay, the exercise did not hurt us!
I would definitely seek out this place again on a future visit to Florence. Ciao!