Our stay in Alessandra's beautiful apartment fulfilled all our expectations. It was comfortable, quiet, and spacious and as described, very elegant. It is perfectly situated in the Santa Croce area of Florence and everywhere is walkable. Stroll along the beautiful Borgo degli Albizi into the centre each day. The apartment is up a few flights of stairs but this wasn't a problem at all - I doubt many apartments would have elevators in the old part of Florence.
Alessandra was a fantastic host who went out of her way to accommodate us in every way, from picking us up from the train station to leaving food and bottled water in the apartment on our arrival, to taking us to the rental car agency on the other side of Florence the day we left and even guiding us in her car to the start of the autostrada. We cannot recommend her highly enough she was absolutely lovely and we would stay at her apartment again in a heartbeat.