I had a lovely 6 week stay at this apartment. The location is terrific - within an easy walk of all the main tourist sites but far enough away to escape the madness. The area around Santo Spirito/San Frediano has lots of cafes, restaurants and interesting shops and a great market on the weekends. The apartment is spacious and generally quiet, with a comfortable bed - as well as a comfortable futon that a friend slept on for a week. And the balcony was absolutely the bomb! I had breakfast out there nearly every morning and loved it. Though it got too hot to be out there much in the afternoon, it was also sweet in early evening, with all the swallows swooping around overhead. Yes, as some other guests have mentioned, the shower is tiny, with variable temps and pressure, but unless you came to Florence to luxuriate in long hot showers, it does the job.