Unless you actually want to pay through the nose to stay in the middle of the heaving tourist morass, this is an ideal base to get the best out of Firenze. The apartment itself is outstanding - spotless, modern, extensively equipped, spacious, air-conditioned - and amazing value to get three double bedrooms for this price. The location is excellent, in a buzzy local area of shops, bars and restaurants just east of the tourist centre, with an amazingly good Co-op on the doorstep, an excellent coffee shop on the corner where your morning hit will cost about 75% less than it would in the centre, and a fabulous bakery for your sweet Italian breakfast cakes. Plus the best fish restaurant in town when you're tired of steak. And all just 20 mins walk from the Duomo. Simone gave us great recommendations for eating. Only two words of caution - the apartment is on the 4th floor with no lift (but if you're going to climb the Duomo and the Campanile, this is good practice! Plus the stairwell is airy and elegant), and maybe we just got unlucky with the season, but the mozzies were biting, so do use the room spray thoughtfully provided. Judging by the mottled state of many legs we saw walking around town, this problem is endemic in Florence, so be prepared.