Lucia's apartment is a very special place: beautiful, well-equipped, and in a terrific location. The photos are an accurate representation, and it is spotlessly clean. The rooms are elegantly furnished and very comfortable, with deep sofas and good reading lights. The bed in the master bedroom is comfortable, and the double-glazed window keeps traffic noise from the street to a minimum. As others have noted, there is a great deal of it, but we got used to it and feel the benefits of the apartment are well worth that slight negative. (Another reviewer found the shower small, but it was absolutely fine -- and my husband is a big guy.) The neighborhood is pleasant and devoid of tourists, located in the Oltrarno, well away from the crowds but only a short walk from excellent restaurants -- we walked to and/or from a different excellent one for seven nights. Most of the major sights are within walking distance -- half a mile to a mile away. It's easy to call a taxi but we didn't need to in our week there -- the bus system is excellent, and there is a stop across the street from the apartment and ones for other routes a block or two in each direction (you can get a ticket for 10 rides at the train station, which is a 10-min walk from the apartment). Lucia was flexible on arrival time and was there to meet us. We'd be lucky to stay at her place again.