We had such a wonderful 8 days in Lorenzo's home. He was an exceptional host, always available and even had waters, olive oil and Chianti waiting for us when we arrived. They did a great job on the apartment renovations. I loved that everything was new and very clean. The beds were very comfortable. We traveled with 4 adults and 2 children and the house was a great size and very comfortable for all of us. It has 2 kitchens and 2 wash/dry machines. The apartment is on Via Maggio which is a main street in Florence. The pizza place across the street was excellent, the gelato place a few doors down made it very simple to satisfy the nightly cravings for more gelato. The piazza one block away (behing the pizza place - I can't remember the name) had excellent restaurants. The apartment was in a perfect location - so close to the Pitti Palace, Bobli Gardens and the Ponte Vecchio. The train station was only a 10 minute walk and so were all the main sites and museum. Perfect location. One night when we were there we got to watch a concert in the street just below the apartment so we opened the windows and enjoyed the show. The church on the street was also holding opera's and we had a lovely time attending one of them. We did not travel with a car and everything was so close you didn't need one. We used the train to come from Rome and did a day trip to Pisa. We had a wonderful vacation and a wonderful stay!!!