Elena was our favorite host in all of Italy, and her apartment was like home away from home. She was incredibly caring, understanding and thoughtful. She inquired how we were doing throughout our stay, and when our trip to Venice was sadly canceled due to dangerous levels of aqua alta, she was very helpful and let us check out later. The apartment is so beautifully decorated, very comfortable, clean, and the amount of amenities was really impressive. We had absolutely everything we needed and then some! The neighborhood and location suited us perfectly. We enjoyed the peaceful and not that long of a walk along the river to the enchanting city center, and after spending all day there, surrounded by crowds of tourists, we were very happy to go back to the house of books, where it was quiet and cosy, with plenty of local people and good eateries around (and a nice supermarket nearby). We would have liked to extend our stay even longer. We truly didn’t want to leave Elena’s place and the beautiful city of Firenze.