Location: Incredible location near Piazza Republica, where you can find a beautiful carousel, musicians, restaurants, shops, etc. I’m honestly not sure how you could be more centrally located and within a 10 minute walk to the train station. Very, very, safe well-lit area. The Duomo was literally a block away and was the highlight of the view from the terrace. Neighborhood is in the center of the action, but was actually relatively quiet considering the location.
Building: Beautiful structure, with all high-fashion labels nearby. Access is secure and easy and host did a great job of expanding what’s what. Elevator is very small, which is expected. We were just grateful to have one in a building of that age. Very nice to use to get us up to the top floor and very easy to walk down using stairs, if needed. Beautiful rooftop terrace with amazing views at day and night. Multiple units have access, so it wasn’t private, but it was huge and there was plenty of room. Never felt like there were too many people up there, which is nice. Sweeping views of Florence and surrounding areas is an understatement.
Apartment: The interior was decorated in a quirky, fun way, but not so much so that it affected function. Kitchen is a galley kitchen and quite narrow, but very functional. Bathroom was also narrow and shower was a tight squeeze, but again, functional and had everything we needed including extra toilet paper, towels, hair dryer, etc.
Hosts: Frederica and Simone were excellent communicators from
beginning to end and very kind/helpful when we had any needs.
Our family of four highly recommends this listing.