This is an excellent choice for a group or family (we were 5) that wants to explore Florence of several days or use it for center of their Tuscan visits. Almost all major sites are within easy to moderate walking distance and there is no end to choices for restaurants, enotecas and bars. While there were swarms of tourists in the area, the apartment is quiet and restful. All the things you would expect in a refurbished apartment are there. While we had a car for visiting other parts of Tuscany, our daughters arrived by train and bus to join us and walked from the stations with no problem. A car is not necessay and it is relatively easy to vist city centers of Siena, Rome, Lucca and Pisa by train or bus.