Our experience in Florence was a little on the disappointing side. Before even arriving, we had a bit of a struggle getting in touch with Christina. But the location could not have been more ideal. It was literally in the center of the city, and about 50 steps away from the Duomo. There was a grocery store up the street, and a lot of touristy restaurants within a blocks walk. Christina gave great suggestions on where to go if we were looking for less touristy places and they were all great. It was also nice that there was an elevator since we were on the top floor.
Unfortunately, when it came to the actual apartment it wasn’t really a good experience. Upon arriving we realized that the apartment was not stocked very well. And the items that were supplied weren’t clean. I had to rewash all the dishes before we could use them; they all had dried food on them. We also woke up two out of our four mornings with small red bug bites. When we relayed the situation as we were leaving, the response we received was that the mattress was checked and nothing was found. We realize this isn't the fault of Christina and Raffaele and this may the first occurrence, but we had enough bites that I feel this is important to mention.