You can't beat the location of this apartment. And that Terrace! If you climb the duomo Dome, you can look down and actually see the apartment Terrace from the Dome!!! Despite the fact that you are literally about 2 minutes from the duomo and a few minutes from the Academia gallery (two blocks down the same street), the apartment is still amazingly quiet because it faces an interior courtyard. We felt lucky to be able to come back to this apartment and relax sometimes during the day when we needed a small break from all the amazing art and Culture in Florence. Merkel was very responsive via text message, which was great.