The apartment is beautiful, spacious, and incredibly well located for sightseeing around Florence. It was great to have a washing machine, and even though there is no dryer, our clothes dried surprisingly fast just hanging it on the drying rack (kept in the closet by the front door). The bed is comfy and has good pillows (and there are extra pillows in the closet, which was a rare treat in our tour of Italy).

The bathroom/shower situation, as some other reviewers have mentioned, really isn't great. But we'd seen the warnings and can't really complain that much.

What was surprising is that so many reviews have mentioned how quiet it is. The bedroom overlooks a street (there's a street between the apartment building and the palace outside the view in the photos). There's very little foot traffic and almost zero car/motorbike traffic, but a lot of the buildings along the street had big metal roll up/down doors (think like a gate protecting shop windows) that opened and closed quite a bit for a few hours *very* loudly starting around 5:30 all 4 mornings we were there. My husband was able to sleep through it most of the time, but I really couldn't. I think some of the doors were for storage spaces for the mobile souvenir carts you see around the city, so I doubt it could be a new thing. I feel bad giving a less-than-great review, but the noise was bad enough that I think it needs to be mentioned. Unlike the bathroom warnings, someone mentioning the noise in their review would have kept me from staying here.

Fabrizio was very friendly when we met him, and I imagine he would have been helpful and responsive if we'd needed any help during our stay.

The parking garage around the corner is 25 (NOT 20) euro/day. We regretted not looking for a cheaper option by the end of our trip.

All in all it was a convenient home-base for our stay in Florence, but we would not stay here again.