The location was fantastic. Every direction in which we wandered we came across something amazing. It is close to the the train station which makes day trips easy. The market across the street has great food and drinks. It was interesting to watch the street merchants load and unload their carts every day. I had worried about noise but the apartment has great shutters (more like doors) over the windows which block out the noise. The air conditioning worked wonderfully and we slept like babies. The washing machine was a great. Our host was very helpful and allowed us to store our luggage in the apartment before we had to leave for our flight in the evening. Being able to leave out luggage after check out gave us another day to enjoy Florence.