I am glad we chose to stay in Salvatore's flat, Belvedere. The location is great - 5 mins walk to the Uffizi, 10 minutes to the Duomo, 2 mins to the Conad City supermarket (due east, Corso dei Tinto), and above a Gelateria that is ranked #2/200 by TripAdviser. You can see the Palazzo Vecchio tower from the front door. It is a pleasant 20 mins walk to the station.

The rooms are large and comfortable. The kitchen is new, and has a dishwasher (with tablets). It has the bits you need - and Salvatore had kindly stocked it with tea, coffee, milk, yoghurt and biscuits for us. The beds are very comfortable. The wooden shutters keep out pretty much all the light - something that matters a lot to me. The rooms overlook a quiet road (the flat is at the back of the building, overlooking Via del Vagellai). You should sleep well. The towels were good quality.

Salvatore lives in the same building, and was there when we arrived at 10pm, and was available if we needed him while we were there. He showed us round the apartment, and explained how the wifi worked, showed us the board with restaurant recommendations on it, and asked if we had booked the big name museums (bookings for the Uffizi and Academy are a must. Do it before you leave). He offered to book restaurants for us, which was really nice of him.

The downside - which didn't matter to us - is that there are 80 stairs. There is a chair lift for the first 30, and a very slow lift for the remaining 50. Best to think of the stairs as a work out to burn off the ice-cream calories...