If you are looking for the ideal place to stay in Florence, this place is it - the location is perfect and the apartment is spacious and well appointed. Jacopo was on hand to welcome us and hand off the keys, and helpfully provided us with some recommendations for the neighbourhood, then left us to get on with it. He lives in the same building so it was good to know that he'd be around if needed, but in the end there was no need. The apartment is about five minutes walk from Via Romana, which has an entrance to Boboli Gardens, about 10 to Ponte Vecchio via Palazzo Pitti, and about 7 minutes from Via Tournabuoni, right in the middle of all the action but on a quiet street in the more authentic Altrarno neighbourhood where actual Florentines live. It is also steps away from the Piazza Santo Spirito, with lots of good restaurants to choose from (Volume for morning coffee, Borgo Antico for lunch or dinner) and an in-situ Michelango sculpture in the Brunelleschi-designed church. There is even a quirky flea market in the Piazza on weekday mornings which is worth checking out, and has a few vegetable stands if you want to cook at home. I would highly recommend this place for a couple or two couples (or a family) as it is spacious with two bedrooms, and the location is unbeatable.