Alessandro's apartment is comfortable and well equipped. Cold water jars waiting in the fridge, which were very well received. Florence tap water is perfectly fine. The communication has been very good, although there could have been a better effort with a timely reception, it seems they waited for you to arrive and call before leaving their place, so you end up waiting for around 10 minutes with your bags without shade in a heatwave. Having asked for bed linen for the sofa bed and not finding it, Alessandro came especially to bring it, which was very nice of him. The street is in a very cosmopolitan area without a Western European minimarket close by for your familiar foods, but it is close to the station and the main monuments, which is very important. Trick: always check in your mobile for nearby supermarkets, and buy water there, never from touristic trap places; we were silly enough as to pay E9 for 2 bottles of water close to Ponte Vecchio, when there was a Carrefour within 200 metres!!! Buy something for breakfast on your way to the apartment; I could only find milk in minimarkets nearby, nothing to go with it for our standard continental breakfast, and although there are some lovely places for coffee they are not immediate. It is really worthy to pay for guides and avoid queues: everything was extremely busy and you would lose most of your time waiting outside in the heat in each place. Have some meals in the Mercato Centrale, very close to the flat. You have a huge selection to choose from, mostly decently priced and really enjoyable. Florence is quite compact, enjoy it. We recommend Alessandro's place and will check it next time we go to Florence.