Francesco was an excellent host! He met me at the apartment and gave me some information about Florence and the region. I stayed for two weeks. At the end of the trip he met me again and called a taxi for me.

The apartment is big for a studio apartment. It has a small balcony. Everything you need is in the apartment. I did not cook, but it was nice to have a refrigerator and a coffee maker.

The apartment is located just outside the center. You can walk to all the tourist sites, and if you do not feel like walking you can take a bus very quickly to the train station and the center.

There are many restaurants and stores near the apartment. One bar is open all the time, but most of the places keep very traditional hours, open in the morning and evening, closed for midday and are closed on Sunday.

I was nervous about not having a washing machine for the two weeks that I was there, but there is a very clean easy to use laundry across the street very close to the apartment. It was fast and easy to do the laundry.

If you sleep with the windows open, use the net for mosquitos. I thought it would be claustrophobic, but it was comfortable and I am sensitive to mosquitos, so I was happy to have the net.

I would definitely stay with Francesco again.