Our stay at Alain's place was wonderful. The apartment is perfectly situated for touring Florence. The view of the Duomo from the lovely courtyard made our morning coffee truly special. The apartment was spotlessly clean and stylishly decorated. We loved that Alain has preserved some lovely features of the old building-hand painted ceilings!! Everything that we needed was available: a complete kitchen, basic food items, laundry faculties, soaps etc. Alain was very responsive with all questions, and allowed us to drop our bags off well before checking in so that we did not lose any time in the city. He provided us with a map which he thoroughly explained and recommendations for good local places to eat and shop. Highly recommend!