I immediately felt right at home here. Niccolò & Isabella are very gracious and caring hosts. They are also quite organized, having a binder of important and useful info waiting for you.

Everything was clean and in very good shape -- a nice mix of old and new. Interestingly decorated too. The bathroom and kitchen were like new and very well appointed. Since I stayed over two weeks, it was important to be able to cook 'at home' for much of it, and the kitchen was well-equipped for that.

Shopping nearby is perfect: Esselunga supermarket a few blocks away and the La Cure open-air market a bit further on for great produce. A few bus stops or a ten-minute walk away, the fresh pasta store 'Sfoglia d'Autore - La pasta fresca a Firenze' is truly fantastic -- one of the highlights of my trip, in fact. Stores for excellent bread and desserts are all around too.

Having also stayed near the Duomo, I preferred living in the 'real neighborhood' that the Liberta area provides: very few tourists, some students, but rather mostly locals going about their business. This gave me a better impression of Florence than staying downtown, where everything is overpriced and flooded with tourists, and the historical center is still very much accessible from the flat through buses or a long walk.

For people who are very sensitive to noise, the street outside the bedroom may pose a problem if you sleep with the window open. I think that it would be OK for most, but others may be bothered at night. Florence is a noisy city, so I don't think that this flat is unusual in that respect. And it certainly won't stop me from staying there again the next time I'm in Florence. Another nice touch is that the windows and patio doors have screens to pretty much keep out Florence's pesty mosquitos.

Overall, Niccolò & Isabella provide a great place to stay. Combining friendliness, helpfulness, and a good touch of professionalism, they are the best BNB hosts that I have experienced. Thanks for providing such a nice place for my visit!