Maddalena is an amazing host! Her communication was perfect from the acceptance to the...uh...telling us that she found one of our journals and would be happy to mail it to us in the USA:) She truly went the extra mile to make us feel welcome upon our arrival and had a slew of great recommendations for places to eat, things to see and do, and when to wear earplugs;) We arrived on the night of the biggest party of the year and as her location is on a quiet backstreet, it is still happily in the middle of everything so there were a few revelers, well, joyously yelling in their revelry every now and again into the wee hours. The apartment was clean and large with 20 foot ceilings and the loft upstairs with variable ceiling heights. The place was nicely decorated and the beds were cozy and truly, it is in the most convenient location possible with less than 10 minutes to the Duomo, the train station and the bridges with oodles of great restaurants within 5 minutes. We will definitely stay there again of back in Florence. Thanks Maddalena, for everything!