Our stay at Antica Leopolda was absolutely wonderful! We needed a home for a week and that's exactly what Cosimo and Giovanni's place was. We were greeted and given information about the apartment and the city by their mom as well as left with some homemade marmalade and cantucci- a really nice welcome! The apartment is very well located just outside of Porta al Prato, so you can be in the heart of downtown in a flash and getting to/from the Santa Maria Novella train station is easy. There were also bikes provided which we used almost every day of our stay to get into town and explore- we really loved this! We also cooked and made ourselves at home- all dishes, utensils, cookware were provided- so we really felt like temporary locals. We highly recommend Cosimo and Giovanni's place and we look forward to staying here again!