We stayed in Florence for 3 nights, staying with Mariam and her family. They were great. Very accommodating: welcome drink on arrival, breakfast and Caffè every morning (a must). And so helpful, helping us with a package we needed to be delivered. Their place is in a really lovely street not far from the bus, only 15mins from the center of town. We missed the last bus one night and only had to walk 40mins (a beautiful walk it was too). We had such a great time and would definitely recommend staying there.