Carey, USA: A marvelous day with Maria
My husband and I spent a week at this CHARMING central Florence apartment. It couldn't have been more perfectly located. We were steps from all the local highlights, could manage to feel a part of all of the wonderful shopping and restaurants and enotecas and still have a peaceful oasis to relax in the middle of the bustle of bella Florence. As noted by other gusts it is a few flights up but it is a great warm-up for climbing to the top of the Duomo! The stairs are wide with good handrails and landings to get a breather, by the end of our stay we were trotting up like pros! The wifi was strong, the washing machine well explained by Fancesca and worked great for us. The apartment is wonderful, personal and well set up, good lighting for reading in the evenings and lots of natural light for cafe in the mornings. The kitchen had all we needed and the bed was quite comfortable, there were lots of wonderful touches, well decorated and lovely. We used Diana's travel company Acacia to book a tour of the Oltrarno with Maria and it was a highight of our trip. We had an insiders view of lots of cratsmen's studios, got to see mosaic and leather working and woodcarving shops, and the artists at work all selected to suit our particular interests. Maria's ability to transalte for us allowed us with our meager Italian the opportunity to get to know some extraordinary artisans and learn a little about this lesser seen part of Florence. In addition, Diana's communication with us prior to our arrival allowed for a seemless check -in and she also booked our 4:30 AM taxi to return to the airport, assisted with tickets to the museums and provided her native insight to really maximize our enjoyment of the trip. All in all it is extremely highly recomended and as it sits in the center of several beautiful boutique hotels that charge double the price for small rooms, we feel it was quite a bargain given all it offers. Grazie Mille, Diana and Francesca! @abnb