Giulia's place is absolutely wonderful. We booked a month in advance and touched base with Guilia in the run up to our trip - she even met us from the bus from Pisa which was absolutely wonderful of her.
The apartment is beautiful and more spacious than the pictures. The double bedroom with the view of the dome was fantastic and there is lots of space and beautiful touches. We especially loved the balcony- the view of the dome and bustling street below is perfect for breakfast from the cafe downstairs (which does excellent pastries !)
We walked most places during our stay. Dome is 10 minutes, Uffizi 15 minutes, Ponte Veccio 15 minutes, Academia Galleria 20/5 minutes and San Marco 20/5 minutes.
There is also a lovely restaurant across the street which was perfect after an especially long day of sightseeing!
The apartment building also has a lift,which is very useful!
Guilia kept in touch throughout our trip to make sure everything was ok ,which was much appreciated. She is extremely friendly, eager to help and very funny and interesting.
I would highly recommend staying with Guilia, the apartment was the perfect place to stay in Florence!
My only suggestion would be to bring some earplugs as the street below can be busy until quite late and a bit noisy (but it's the middle of Florence, you expect that). We brought earplugs and had no problems :)
Thanks again for a wonderful stay Guilia! Perfect host :)
C xx