Sonia is a fantastic hostess, and has an excellent apartment to make your stay in Florence a wonderful experience! She greeted us effusively upon our arrival, making us feel like relatives coming for a visit, and had thoughtfully left a bottle of wine on the table for us. She was very helpful in explaining everything about the apartment, and had excellent advice on places to see while in Florence. Sonia was also very helpful in arranging taxis to get us to the station for our early departure, and even also came by early on the day we left to say goodbye. What more could one want?
The apartment is wonderful, with large bedrooms and bathrooms. The kitchen is well stocked, and the outdoor garden is just as advertised. The laundry facilities were also very useful.
Sonia's apartment is well located, away from the city center but still just 20 minutes to Ponte Vecchio and the Uffizi, and a bit further to places like the Duomo. Buses run nearby, including the hop-on hop-off tour bus. There are many restaurants nearby (if you like pizza, make the 5-minute walk to Berbere to try their tasty sourdough-crust pizzas), and for groceries a small Carrefour supermarket is located just across the street on the other side of the park.
Really, for an enjoyable stay in Florence, Sonia and her wonderful apartment would be very hard to beat!