personally I prefer to stay at someone's home then in a short rental apartment. Having a strict Check In an out hours was a bit of a bummer when you land in Florence at 8am and your check in is at 2pm. The apartment is on the other side of the river which we thought a bit too far from the center. But The owner and his wife are lovely people and were willing to store the luggage for us before check in and after we checked out. Over all the apartment and our stay were good.