This apartment is quite lovely and is within walking distance to everything we wanted to see in Florence (by walking distance - I mean within 1.5km in any direction). I gave this 4 stars, but wanted to give it 4.5 stars. There is no laundry on site - which was tough for us as a family. However, this was made up for with a dishwasher! The dishwasher was somewhat difficult to figure out how to use as there are only two buttons and they don’t seem to do anything specifically. We definitely needed instructions as we’re fairly technically inept. The one thing we did find quite irksome was the lights and power system. There is a key that you turn when you leave the house to shut off the power. This is great in principle, but it’s attached to the house keys and the ring welded shut so it can’t be separated. This means that you can’t leave the house without turning off the power. I understand the reasoning, but this poses problems for things like locking the door at night (which has to be done in the dark) or if one person wants to go out for a while and someone wants to stay in - you can’t take the keys with you and buy groceries (for example). With that said, Maria Cristina is an awesome host and the apartment truly is pretty. The bed was spectacularly comfortable and everything was sparkling clean. I would highly recommend this apartment to anyone. Just make sure to ask about laundry sites if you’ll be there a long time.