There’s three things that matter most to me with an Airbnb: location, bed, and shower. Donatella’s place killed it in the holy trinity of Airbnb’s.
The apartment building is literally across the street from the main train station in Florence, which is key when you have multiple bags to carry. The building had an elevator which again is key with many heavy bags. Everything is walkable from this apartment. Mercato Centrale is 5 mins away, dome is 5 mins away, Ponte Vecchio is 15 mins....most of the city is within 20 mins. We did take a longer walk across the river to Piazza Michelangelo for an incredible view of the whole city, took about 45 mins.
The apartment itself has been very recently remodeled with all new everything as far we could tell. Sparkling clean, comfy couch, WiFi, small kitchen- but we only used the espresso machine. Laundry machine in bathroom came in handy as this was midpoint of our trip. No dryer but we just hung outside and everything dried overnight.
This was best shower we had in Italy. Excellent water pressure and no water leakage out of the stall. Five stars! Overall a great host and great apartment. This was the best apt of our entire Italy trip!