Our stay at Elena's place was fantastic! It is an excellent location - right around the corner from the Ufizzi Gallery and right in the middle of Florence! It was a very short walk to the Ponte Vecchio bridge and over it past great gold and silver shops into wonderful dining and shopping areas. Also, you are very close to the Pitti Palace and the Boboli Gardens - which we highly recommend you do not miss! Elena's apartment was very tastefully decorated, the bed was very comfortable and the air conditioning was super. The bath towels were high quality and very soft. This might sound funny, but I think this shows a respect for her guests. She was very organized with a book that had an index of suggestions for casual eating, fine dining (as well as price recommendations), pizza, the best gelato and all of these were coded and marked on a map of the city! So it was very easy to locate all of these recommendations. She was extremely gracious and let us drop our bags before check - in time and gave us the keys and we were on our own to enjoy the fabulous city of Florence! We would highly recommend that anyone who wants a very comfortable, air-conditioned, right in the heart of the city (but still quite quiet at night) place, to book a reservation with Elena.