My daughter and I stayed at this apartment for 3 nights in June 2016. First the plusses. The location is wonderful. Right on the Ponte Vecchio and convenient to many good restaurants. I was concerned it might be noisy at night, but the neighborhood pretty much shuts down at 9 or 10:00. We never saw Luca, but his staff was very attentive. There was a taxi strike when we landed, so we were pretty exhausted by the time we walked from the train station to the apartment with our luggage, and his assistant helped us carry our bags upstairs. Keep in mind that the 3rd floor in Europe is the 4th floor in the US, so it was quite an exercise without an elevator. The apartment is roomy, and the beds were comfortable.

As for the minuses – First of all, the air conditioner was located in the back of one of the rooms and was woefully inadequate to cool the space. Worse was that the exhaust hose blew off the back of the unit most of the time, blowing hot air into the room. It was very hot in Florence, and so the apartment was, as well. Also there is no oven in the room – no microwave or conventional. This wasn’t big deal for us as we didn’t do any cooking, but if you want to cook, keep that in mind. Third, the shower is either hot or cold, nothing in between. Last, this might sound petty, but there is no convenient place to dry your hair. European bathrooms don’t usually have electrical outlets in the bathrooms. The only place to plug in the dryer and see ourselves was in a mirror-like backsplash over the stove – stooping down as there is not a low chair available. The only other mirror was hung for extremely tall people (with no outlet), and there is no full length mirror.