Overall, we had a good time staying at Silvia’s place in Florence. It was about a 25 minute walk from the apartment to Florence’s Duomo or about 13 minutes if you take a bus. We felt safe in the area and there were several restaurants nearby that we could walk to.
Silvia’s husband was nice enough to greet us when we arrived and he oriented us around to the apartment. Silvia left us cookies and orange juice for us to have and she was very good at communicating with us. One thing we were frustrated with was that we could not control the thermostat to turn on the AC. The batteries and remote were removed from the house and after we texted Silvia she said that she removed these so you can not control the AC in the month of October. EWe get that it’s not mid July but it was still upper 60s/lower 70s Fahrenheit and we had just returned from walking all day and from walking home and wanted to cool down before going to bed. We have never been to an AirBnB or hotel where we could not control the thermostat. We feel that hosts should always allow the guests to control the temperature of the house out of good hospitality. Also, the neighbors had music blaring till 00:00 -01:30 on the first night and we were also woken up between 02:00 - 02:30 on the second night to people above us moving a bunch of furniture around. Lastly, we thought the bathroom was nice except the shower was very narrow which made showering difficult for the both of us (my wife is 5’3” and I’m 5’-9” with thin frames). Otherwise, we loved the place!