If you are the sort of person very interested in art and architecture, you will likely love this apartment. In fact, with all the grand arches, vaulted ceilings and charming pillars in this apartment, you may think you are living in a Florentine palazzo for your stay. That is how we felt, and had a really fine time for three weeks. Further, the host Caterina is a charming lady who professionally gives art lectures and tours for visiting art lovers . And so she is quite knowledgeable on artistic matters in Florence, and her opinions were in fact useful for us.. She also is very helpful in every way. In fact, because we have mobility issues she offered to bring out the garbage and recycling for us, which is usually then the responsibility of the guest. We are giving the property five stars because it is so lovely, and especially the very reasonable price point for such a grand place, even though it does have one significant drawback. It is the bathroom, which is a pain in the rear, sometimes literally. The bathroom is arguably smaller than a cruise ship cabin bathroom. It has one of those crazy European showers which gets as much water on the floor, as in the shower. If you have traveled in Europe a lot in the last forty years, you will be familiar with this unfortunately common phenomenon. You know what you are in for when you see that a very large squeegee on a very long handle, which is helpfully provided so you can move all the water towards drain. Also, occasionally the drain in the shower starts to emit very funky odors, the same sort you will smell all around Florence because of the ancient pipes. But we discovered that if you use the plunger on the shower drain while the water is on, it actually greatly diminishes the smell. But nothing can alter the lack of space on the toilet because the shower is very close to it. Yup, this bathroom is no pleasure, and just a chore to deal with. However, since everything else is so fine, and even ennobling with its beauty, we just looked at the bad bathroom as a worthwhile trade off. The price point allowed us to stay longer, savoring the city, with daily fabulous lunches at nearby fabulous restaurants, like Pentola, San Pierino, and even spunky little bars like Sosta di Ciompi, which has absolutely incredible Pici pasta. In the evenings we usually ate in our elegant dining room, which has just a lovely feel to it. The kitchen comes with all the necessary dishes you will need. As we ate our very pleasant meals, we always enjoyed the soft, welcoming gaze of the charming ingenue in the nineteenth century portrait, in very elaborate gilt frame, which hangs over the table, as if overseeing the happiness of the visiting guests.