Alessandra's apartment is terrific. It is located in an ideal area (Oltrarno) that is close to all the key sights but not immersed in the tourist scene. You are a couple of blocks from the Pitti Palace/Boboli Gardens and San Spirito Square. The apartment is gorgeous, with a kitchen that has anything a cook would need to prepare a delicious meal. The apartment's decorating is very artistic and tasteful that gave us a few ideas for our own home. Alessandra was a very welcoming hostess, who oriented us well to the apartment, the neighborhood, and to Firenze itself. There was a delicious bottle of wine waiting for us.... We would definitely stay here again and would give the apartment our highest praise. Via Maggio is a busy street but that is part of the location's charm.