As a couple we very much enjoyed the apartment, view and location for our stay in Firenze (Florence) in September. The kitchenette, table, bathroom and incorporated laundry were perfect for our 1 week stay. The balcony with a view of the Duomo (as in picture), is great, the Duomo is over your right shoulder if you look straight out from the balcony, the view straight is like "Rear Window" the movie, interesting apartments and music at night, you can hear the muted live classical music from the restaurants when outside. We would sit out on the balcony in the evenings and mornings. During the day, we simply walked easily into the tourist areas or train station, the location is great, down a small street with restricted access to vehicles, leads right to the Duomo, or in the other direction David at the academia. The train station at first took about 15 minutes safe walk with cases (later 10 minutes), we arrived late, Bettina was understanding and we appreciated that. Plenty of restaurants and cafes in minutes. We bought our own food to eat in the apartment (breakfast mainly) at the supermarket near the train station, or a smaller place near to the apartment (charged tourist prices). Bettina is lovely, helped us with a heads up on arrival, and enjoyed the only task "water the plants", which made me feel a little at home. Some of the furniture is simple, bed on floor as photo shows, was comfortable. If you lay upside down in the bed you can see the Dome through a small window, that was cool at night. The apartment is quiet, no outside noise, lots of locks on the door strangely, air conditioning, solid feel marble etc, no kettle we found but you just boil water on the stove, guess not popular in Italy. No wifi provided as stated by Bettina, the building screens free Firenze wifi, but if can step outside the front door and sit on the Duomo steps with your tablet, it is a pretty good location to write email.

The apartment is spacious and simple, we thought excellent value and added to the experience of Firenze (Florence).

Be careful hanging out your washing, if it drops off the line it lands on a private patio. I lost a sock. :-)