Chiara and her lovely sister, Julia, were waiting in the flat when I arrived. Everything looked just like the pictures. The apartment is really, very lovely. The whole two weeks I stayed there, I kept thinking about how I wonderful it would be to live in it full time.

Like others have said, Chiara has lots of special touches in the flat. Fresh flowers, bathrobes, slippers - lots of high end touches, like shampoo and body wash. There was a lovely bottle of wine and lots of different snacks and a bowl of fresh fruit.

The flat is very convenient to everything a traveler wants to see- the Academia, Uffizi, Ponte Vecchio and all the wonderful Piazzas, museums and churches. Santa Maria Novella train station is an easy 10 min walk away.

Although it is in the center of the historic centre, the apartment is very quiet at night. The bed was too firm for my bad back, but, I slept comfortably on the sofa. (I think a latex mattress topper would make the bed perfect)

Chiara had some suggestions for places to eat. I ate at i' Grullo 4 times and it was good. A great restaurant that I went to 3 times was in the San Lorenzo neighborhood and was called Trattoria da Garabardi. If you go, try the pizza- it is to die for!

The elevator was wonderful after a long day of sightseeing! In fact it was a major part of my decision to rent this flat.

If you are a heavy internet user, you may want to tell Chiara this in advance. Since I was staying two weeks and write a blog and am a photo enthusiast, I had to request that Chiara add more money to the SIM card. It was a small matter and shouldn't effect renters for shorter stays or those who are not heavy internet users.

Chiara was delightful and checked in with me every day or so to see if there was anything I needed. This is a fabulous unit and I wouldn't hesitate to rent the flat again.