Andrea is a great host and his studio is wonderfully located, truly in the heart of Firenze. It is located a few yards away from the Santa Croce square, in a pedestrian only area, but close to public parking lots, where we left our car for all of our stay. The closest one is Sant’Ambrogio, about 5 min from the studio, but we recommend Piazza Beccaria, which has a daily flat rate (20 euro at the time) and is only a little further (about 10 min on foot).

The studio is clean, well kept, and has lots of space. At first, we thought that the bathroom not having a separate stall for the shower would be a problem, but it was not at all and it was one of the best showers we had in all of our trip through Italy!

During our stay, there was a problem with the plumbing downstairs, which wasn’t even Andrea’s fault, but that made us unable to use any water in the studio. Andrea helped us come to a solution with the least inconvenience. He understood we couldn’t stay there without water and agreed to pay for a night in a hotel until it was fixed the next day. Luckily, there was a good rated hotel on Booking in the same street, just a few yards from the studio. In the next day, Andrea even sent his parents there to take care of the fix because he had to work (and we had to enjoy Firenze)! The problem was fixed and we returned to the studio for the last night of our stay. This kind of thing could happen to anyone anywhere and Andrea handled it in the best possible way.

There is no wifi, but we bought a prepaid SIM card with internet access for our trip so this was also not a problem. Having internet access turned out to be very important since we needed to contact him when the plumbing problem occurred.

Overall, we recommend Andrea’s studio to anyone who wants to enjoy Firenze being able to do everything on foot!