Pros: a good location away from tourist crowds, but still close to many sights. It's a very cute, safe place at a good price. The apartment was very clean, and new sheets were provided in their packages for us to open. We asked for a hair dryer later, and Monica brought it right over that night. She's very friendly and responsive. Tea and coffee were provided with some snack cakes.

This was Monica's first Airbnb experience, and your experience should be much better with some cooler weather or a fan. Minor details like more than one roll of toilet paper may improve your overall experience.

Cons: one roll of toilet paper was provided (with a clean bidet, though). There were many mosquitos day and night. It was unseasonably hot in Florence at the time, and it was impossible to sleep without wide open windows. We asked for a fan our first night, but Monica said she didn't have one and all the stores were closed. We got a few dozen mosquito bites our first night, and didn't sleep a wink. So we sucked up the cancellation charge after our first night, and then checked into a chain hotel downtown with air conditioning for three times the price. Everything else was booked, and we didn't have much time. We were exhausted from batteling mosquitos all night. Monica kindly picked up the keys from our hotel, since she had to work until 20:00.