100% recommend!! The Allegri Loft is a beautiful, spacious apartment well-located in the Santa Croce neighborhood. The apartment is beautifully decorated and extremely comfortable and clean. It is situated on "Happy Street" and truly this is a most pleasant neighborhood. There is a little street noise - e.g., you can hear children talking with their parents as they walk to school in the morning :-) The bedroom is upstairs in the back. You can hear typical neighborhood sounds but not annoying. Hint: we did find it best to close the windows at night and use a fan to keep mosquitos out! (Most apartments in Italy do not have screens.)

Patrizia is the best host one could ask for! She promptly answered all our questions before and during our stay. Patrizia is most accommodating and put my friend and I at ease from the moment we arrived. Patrizia met us at the door to the apartment building and gave us lots of information about the apartment, how to get around (including a map on which she marked off places we wanted to get to), pointed out the nearby grocery store, fresh foods market, bank, recommended restaurants (including gluten-free), etc. I told Patrizia in advance that my friend and I eat gluten-free. She also had the kitchen well-stocked with gluten-free staples and goodies, along with a nice bottle of local Chianti - what a treat! During our stay we had a few questions which Patrizia answered promptly. She even stopped by on one occasion when we couldn't figure out how to run the dishwasher :-) Patrizia also graciously arranged a taxi to pick us up on the day we departed. The taxi arrived promptly and we sadly left this beautiful place.

My friend and I took Italian language lessons at the Koine' school (also fabulous BTW). The school was less than a 5 minute walk. The Church of Santa Croce is around the corner (and definitely worth touring!). There is a pretty park steps from the apartment and a leather school around the corner (from which we purchased some beautiful leather goods). The Duomo, major museums, famous piazzas and the Ponte Vecchio are all within a 10 minute walk from the apartment - it is perfectly located.

I whole-heartedly recommend the Allegri Loft as it is a fabulous location from which to explore all of Florence. And with Patrizia as your host, you will be most well taken care of, start to finish!!