My wife and I had a lovely stay at Gianni’s place who accommodated our needs due to a last minute change in venue. When I say last minute, from first email to arriving at the olive house for check in was less than an hour after canceling our original accomodation booking. Great spot, easy walking distance to key sites along the river. Trust his tips on dining spots including ‘l’ortone’ within 5 minute walk, so good from an ambience, food and service perspective we went there twice. Also, if like us, your travels centre more on food than history... commit to a 30 day+ aged bistecca at ‘la buchetta’ and avoid the obvious tourista offerings... Without sounding like a cash for comment review, I would also recommend a private pushbike tour on day one with ‘Samuele’ to get the layout of Florence and see the sundown from a prime position. All in a all a lovely 4 night trip to Florence.