Anna and Davide were wonderful, gracious, helpful hosts. Their place is a lower level apartment, very large size in a villa just up the road from the "central" area of Florence. So if you are looking for quiet and a place to get away from crazy tourist area, but still want access to it, their place fits the bill. There is a bus right on corner that can take you into town, or it's about a 20 min walk (depending on your speed). The apartment itself was a bit dark but also cool, owing to its being a basement. In the heat of summer we did run into a few mosquitos but our hosts gave us a very funny, but useful, electric fly swatter that looked like a small tennis racket! And the little buggers are everywhere in FLorence this time of year, so what are you going to do? Anna and Davide gave us very helpful hints for getting around and also left us some food to get us started, which was very kind. Our only real knock was it took a few minutes for the shower water to warm up, but just be prepared for that and all is good. The living room with a TV was a nice place to kick back. And their dogs were so funny. Wish we could have played more with them! Overall, we recommend this apartment for someone who wants to be near Florence, but not right in the center of it all.