We chose to stay at Marcos for our two nights in Florence based on all of the fantastic reviews we read and the reviews couldn't have been anymore true. Our stay was fantastic. Marco was very informative, he had a very detailed book with all we should do while in Florence and all the recommendations were great! The apartment itself was right next to everything! We could walk anywhere we wanted, food, shopping etc. Because the apartment doesn't have air conditioning (like everywhere in Florence) sleeping with the windows open is hard but with them closed you can't hear anything in the streets at all, we just left the windows open in the back of the apartment and used the fans. The apartment was very spacious, clean and had all amenities we needed, washer with soap and a drying rack, dishes, plenty of towels, steamer, hangers, blow drier, and extra blankets. There was a cute little balcony which we sat out on and had a glass of wine from the bottle Marco left for us! The apartment was on the first floor but had to go up about 15 steps or so which was manageable with luggage. Marco wasn't able to be with us when we left but his mom came and met us and waiting till the taxi came to take us to the airport, which Marco had booked for us in advance. Overall we had a fantastic stay and I would highly recommend staying at this apartment for your trip to Florence!!!!!