Francesca was a charming and amazing host. You will stay with her in an ancient building in which she and her family lives and that has several apartments. Our unit is full of light, smartly designed and very comfortable. The bathroom is fantastic, the kitchen perfect for our stay in which we made breakfast and snacks and kept drinks there, the bed is heavenly.

Francesca communicated with us before our arrival and did lots of legwork to get us a private tour of the Uffizi. She gave us wonderful recommendations for restaurants, including a vegetarian one, SimBIOsi, that was outstanding and a welcoming and delicious traditional Tuscan restaurant Accademia, that has high quality house red wine. We could walk everywhere and there is a bus stop and a taxi stand right around the corner.

We heard the sound of the Accademia line in the morning and some scooters and voices late at night. We loved it and found it charming (and we both always travel with earplugs, which we didn't use here) but you may want to bring earplugs if you are bothered by noise.

I plan to come to Florence again, and I plan to stay with Francesca!