Florence Vacation Rental apartment: Florence

Our family of four (2 adults and 2 children aged 10 and 11) had a beautiful stay of four nights in this gorgeous apartment in early October.

The apartment is very clean and extremely well equipped. There is amazing attention to detail, including providing an umbrella (not that we needed it). The photos on the website do not do the apartment justice as it is much brighter than it appears.

We slept in the comfortable double bed in the bedroom whilst the children shared the sofa bed in the living room. The apartment was probably a little bit on the small side for all four of us and luggage, but we just had to ensure that the children did not spread their belongings too far and wide.

Sergio was very kind and met us at the railway station. The apartment is only a very short walk away and he settled us in, giving us directions to the supermarket and the fresh produce markets which are close by and an absolute must if you are visiting Florence. We spent ages there! Sergio also advised us to go to Piazzale Michelangelo for beautiful views over Florence, which we did and which was well worth the walk. I would also really recommend the church of Santa Maria Novella, which I thought was the most beautiful of all the churches in Florence.

The apartment is about a 10 minute walk from Duomo (the cathedral) and then a bit further to Piazza Vecchio, but everything is an easy walk in Florence. It was also great to be near enough to visit a gallery or church in the morning and return to the apartment for lunch and a rest before heading out again in the afternoon. Sight seeing is exhausting work.

We (small familiy) had a great time in this appartment in July/August 2009. It is located perfectly for enjoying the city because everything is within a walking distance (sights, shops, main station for trips to the Toscana). The appartment itself was nice, clean, with a good kitchen and comfortable beds. Everything was perfect apart from two things:

those who like to sleep with open windows in summer will have to accept that the piazza is not very quiet in the night (restaurants, bars, ambulance in the building on the other side of the piazza...) - those who like Italian lifestyle won´t have a problem with it
(by the way: if you keep the windows closed, you will not be disturbed by noises at all, and there is air-conditioning)

those who like a refreshing shower after busy sightseeing will also be disappointed as the water pressure is really low (dishwashing seemed to take a lot of our holiday time for this reason) -
what can I say: we always got clean but it was really not a great shower...

The owner was very nice, picked us up from the station and on the day of our departure he allowed us to use the appartment until 9pm without any extracosts as our train was leaving very late. Because of this we were able to enjoy an extra day in Pisa, which would have been problematic otherwise (because of luggage etc). Thanks again for this!

I would recommend this appartment to young people and small families. We had a great time there and it served our wishes.

We really enjoyed our stay in the apartment. It was 5 or 10 minutes away from all the historic sites, and five minutees from Arno river. About 10 minutes to the farmers market and flee market. The apartment is very clean and well maintained. Sergio and Anna are wonderful and very loving people. Anna took time to provide us good tips about where to go, how to take the bus or train if needed. Sergio provided many good tips in his e mails before we even left the states. I highly recommend this apartment. It had plenty of room for three people. It is right across from grand Hotel Minerva. I felt so good that I did not booked the hotel. This was more convenient and much less expensive. Rick Steves book about Florence provided very accurate infornation and many good tips about restaurants.