Just outside the city gate along the Arno and away from hordes of tourists, Tarcisio's flat made our month in Florence a delight. We felt we were in a real neighborhood (always a good sign when car repair shops are along the street). The local vendors were friendly and remembered me with smiles on their faces. The supermarket Esselunga is only half a mile away and it had everything you can imagine including fabulous roasted chicken. It never took us more than 20 minutes to walk to Centro along the river. The flat had all the essentials. Located between two semi-busy streets there was of course some noise but the double-paned windows helped a lot. Mildly noisy neighbors upstairs were also a bit of a disturbance but nothing intolerable. This did not take away from our pleasure in staying at Tarcisio's ground floor apartment (no stairs, hurray!),