Gloria’s place is a wonderful oasis of calm after a day of heavy sightseeing. We stayed for 8 nights was just about enough to see most things in Firenze and also spend a day in Pisa. It’s in a residential area with good supermarkets close by (and on the walk back in the evening). We cooked every night apart from the last one as the produce was so good. The take away pizza from Giotto was very good though on the last night.
The flat is quiet and although the days were hot, once we got in and opened the windows and balcony doors you could get a lovely cooling breeze through the house. The air conditioning in the bedroom was very effective and very quiet.
The kitchen was well equipped and fun to cook in and the dishwasher was great too. Plenty of plates, cups, glasses etc and cookware.
The balcony was a lovely place for a drink in the evening.
Spotlessly clean and a great place to stay
For Florence tips - if you are planning to spend a few days exploring Firenze then I’d recommend the Firenzecard- 72hr access to pretty much all the museums and you get to skip the queues at the busy ones. We also bought the travel add on but never used it as we walked everywhere. If you plan to go up the dome of the Duomo you need to book a ticket - with the Firenzecard you can’t book the ticket without activating the card and all the time we were there, the tickets were sold out two days in advance. So we visited the Duomo complex of sites on the first day as the first thing we did on the Firenzecard and booked tickets for the Duomo dome for the third day.
Also if you want to go up the tower at Pisa you need to book in advance online.
The 1st Sunday of the month museums open for free, worth noting if you want to get in free but they might be busy.