My girlfriend and I stayed in this fantastic apartment for 7 nights.

Even though the apartment is right in the very busy historical center of the city, it was only a relatively short, 20 euro, taxi drive from Florence airport. Ilaria met us in front of the apartment when we arrived and after an easy and very welcoming checkin, we exchanged phone numbers and WhatsApp in order to stay in touch in case that would be necessary. Ilaria also gave us a bunch of information about the city and some tips for nice places to have lunch or dinner. After that we were done and ready to explore Florence on our own.

The apartment is quite spacey, especially when you're a couple. It's at least four times the size of a typical hotelroom you would get for a similar price and even though it's inside a beautiful old building from the 18th century, the apartment has all the modern comforts and everything was in an excellent state. Even though we didn't use the kitchen other than for breakfast and chilling water, it would have been excellent for preparing a dinner.

During summer the sun gets quite hot so we left the shutters closed most of the day, but opening them in the morning provided a wonderful view over the river Arno and the historical buildings and hills on the other side.

The apartment is situated 1 to 5 minutes walking from the Uffizi, Galileo, Palazzo Vecchio and Pitti musea and Ponte Vecchio and less than 15 minutes from all the major attractions. However, it is not on the main tourist tracks so it's relatively quite and many times we went back to the apartment to rest our feet and chill out in between museum visits. You're still in the city center though, so you will hear the occasional chatter outside and the street cleaning services and delivery trucks in the mornings around 7am. Personally it didn't bother us, but if it normally does bother you, it's something to keep in mind.

Thanks to the lovely apartment the week flew by. The check out procedure was very relaxed. We only made some arrangements through WhatsApp, left the apartment tidy and Ilaria took care of a taxi pick up for us so we didn't have to think about having to go back home until the very last minute.

This was our first Airbnb experience. I would definitely recommend it because partly thanks to the apartment we had a perfect relaxed vacation.