Staying with Donatella and her family was such a lovely experience. After my Aunty and I were late dropping our car off in Florence, and with no way to contact her because our phones had both broken, we were so relieved to find her house and be welcomed by her daughter. The house is enormous and the bedroom has a beautiful view of the Duomo, was very clean, and was enormous compared to the photos. We even had our own ensuite. My Aunty and I only had 2 nights in Florence and because of this, we were unable to spend much time in the room or getting to know Donatella and her family, but what we do know of them we loved. There is also a very cute old cat that lives in the apartment.

A word of warning to those with large luggage.... though my Aunty and I had no problems with it and just carried our bags up together one at a time, the staircase up to the room is very steep. Like I said, this did not bother us at all, but may be something some travellers may need to take into account if they have reduced mobility or huge/lots of luggage.

Thank you once again Donatella. We thoroughly loved our time in Florence and your house was the most perfect, homely and centrally located accommodation we could have imagined. We felt like locals : ) xo