I can not recommend Alessandra's apartment highly enough. Not only is it in a fantastic location for exploring Florence's main tourist attractions, and being convenient to great restaurants and shopping, but Alessandra has gone out of her way to be the best host possible. She quickly responded to all my questions, graciously waited on our son's arrival at the apartment when his train was late, she left great shopping/restaurant suggestions, and provided everything from washing tablets to do our laundry, shampoo, soap, etc. The apartment is very spacious, with big living room, dining area, (with an extra pull out couch that our college age son slept comfortably on), kitchen, and the real bonus, 2 separate showers/toilets/bathroom sink areas, which was so nice for the 3 of us. Her beds were very comfortable, and although the apartment is literally across the street from the Duomo, it was extremely quiet. The other big bonus, as it was very hot when we were there in early June, was that her air conditioning worked fantastic! It was so nice going back to her apartment after a morning of crowds and sightseeing to take a short nap and grabbing a snack before starting again in the afternoon. Assuming you can climb a couple of flights of stairs, I can't imagine finding a nicer host, or better accommodations at this price point in Florence.