Alessandro's place took us completely by surprise! We knocked on a beautiful turqouise door to enter a 600 year old former monastery. The ceilings were high, everything had character, it had a very authentic Florentian feel to it. There were very old original paintings in the wall of our room and a beautiful wisteria in the back where we enjoyed our first dinner. We prepared meals in the kitchen with no problems, travelled by bus to the core of Florence and back each day very easily. We would love to come back here! Very romantic and great value!