Great little find. Location is perfect if you will be using the trains to explore - just a 5 minute walk from Santa Maria Novella train station. Would definitely recommend a visit to Lucca (approx. 1hr15 train journey from Santa Maria Novella). Beautiful place. Also visited Pisa, again by train (half a day sufficient to do this) and spent one day visiting Florence itself - an easy walk from the apartment - pre-booked tickets for David which was amazing. Unhappy experience visiting the Duomo with the most unfriendly Italian security guard we met on our travels - slightly soured our memories of Florence and unlikely to return as a consequence. However, the apartment was perfect for us for how much time we spent there. No air conditioning though which some may find difficult, particularly in high summer temperatures, although there were free standing fans available.