Carla is the perfect host for Airbnb type of listings. She provided everything from easy to follow instructions on how to get to the flat from the train station to amenities in the flat itself above and beyond the call duty.

She greeted us at the flat and oriented us not only to it, but to the neighborhood, and Firenze as a whole. This included recommendations for restaurants of all kinds from fast, cheap, local, and easy to the more spendy, special occasion types. She provided us with a map and oriented us to it and marked specific locations and places of note such as the grocery store, a cash machine, and the local morning market right around the corner from the flat. There is also a large map of Firenze on the wall and numerous books about the city for visitors to peruse in the apartment.

The flat itself is spacious, homey, and comfortable with all of the trimmings a traveler might like to find such as coffee, salt/pepper, olive oil, and such. The high ceilings are airy and beautiful. We loved the location because it's just slightly outside of the main tourist center. It's only an 8-10 minute walk max to the Duomo, which is beautifully pictured in the bedroom window. But those extra few steps gave us a feel of a neighborhood, rather than just a location in a tourist mecca.

Our thanks to Carla and her flat, which we will recommend to any of our friends who want to visit Firenze.