We were looking to blend with the locals, eat and shop like the locals and this was perfect, we felt closer to Florence this way, the main tourist attractions are less than 10 min away so that also worked, but one block away you have a careful supermarket and in the surrounding blocks you have more then 20 restaurant form different ethnics backgrounds! The restaurants were all very fair price and it made the experience even better...The apartment has all the things you need, it is very clean and the location is the best to have a little of both worlds.