BIG PICTURE: this is fantastic location with a difficult to beat view. You are on Ponte Vecchio, within a 5 minute walk from the Uffizi, Piazza della Signoria, Palazzo Pitti and Boboli gardens. If you add and extra 5 minutes to the walk, you can reach Santa Maria del Fiore, the Battistero, Opera del Duomo museum and Bargello museum. There is also a real supermarket at your doorstep and plenty of little restaurants. DETAILS: the apartment can use some TLC. The air conditioning is constituted by 2 portable units, one in the living room and one in the bedroom. The former did not work and the latter was not very effective and was very noisy. The bedroom faces Via de’ Bardi and the supermarket, which you will appreciate as a patron, is often the source of early morning (starting at 5:30 – 6:00 AM) extremely loud noises. OUR EXPERIENCE: we enjoyed every single minute we spent in the apartment. We were able to venture out and came back to our spectacular view several times a day. When resting in the apartment we never really left the street scene/show. We could enjoy evening live music and dances on Ponte Vecchio from our balcony, which did not cause any annoyance because it stopped at 10:00 PM without fail. Finally, we spent there a week in 90 degree day temperatures and, even with its poor air conditioning system, we were always able to get a comfortable room temperature opening the door facing on the Arno and the windows in the bedroom.