Wow... as all of the other reviews have said, this place is amazing! We stayed for 2 weeks and used it as a home base to travel to Venice, etc. Mattia was there (and in great communication leading up to the stay) to meet us promptly. He gave us an excellent tour of the apartment. The view is absolutely stunning! There are electric blinds to raise and lower at the touch of a button, to keep the sun out of the apartment in the hot months. Cannot say enough about how well stocked the kitchen was! More utensils than I own at home for cooking! The stove is conduction, so a few of the pans won't work (the non-stick ones), but the cookware was nicer than mine at home. We were missing a few things and Mattia purchased and dropped them off the very next day. He had great ideas for restaurants, etc. Okay, so, the pizza (Spera, one and half blocks away... oh, my goodness!) and the Gelateria de Medici, a few yards down the street... just prepare yourself! We could have lived on those two things. There IS a difference in gelatos, this one is the REAL DEAL, not puffed full of air like you see in the city center. The bed was pretty comfortable for my hubby, but I have a 4 inch foam topper at home and missed that! The terrace at night and in the morning cannot be beat. The view is of Fiesole 4 km away, and never got old! The trains can be heard from inside the bathroom (which is huge!) but cannot be heard anywhere else. The A/C has a "muscle" button to run a little stronger, and it kept the whole place cool even in 100 degree heat. The elevator was so helpful, and the coded front door was nice. Leave the key in the door because you could accidentally lock yourself out if you left to take trash, etc. Take the keys! In terms of location, it is amazing how close this place is to the tram, 100 steps. You are then 3 stops to the SMN train station, about 6 minutes. Then, you walk about another 15- minutes to the very center of town. That walk was a lot in the 100 degree heat, so we started taking cabs back home if we were on the opposite side of the historic center. One piece of advice is to double (at least) the number of minutes Google maps says to walk somewhere, especially if you are going on a tour/experience. We were very late for our first tour b/c of a taxi strike. There is a cute little market next to Spera pizza with higher end things, and a tiny bodega around the corner. There is an AMAZING meat market near the bodega with the most tender pork I have ever cooked. Each morning, there is a fruit and veggie stand just outside the front door headed toward the train tracks. Seriously, we did NOT want to leave. Don't think twice about booking this... just do it!