FYI, here's the amazing Airbnb apartment we stayed at in Florence for 4 glorious nights.......WOW! We still talk about it. (October is definitely a great time to be there....we had 9.5 days (out of 10) of perfect weather, mid-high 60s and sunny, very pleasant.
Called "The Terrace in the Heart of Florence"....owner Marie Midavaine. Such a wonderful lady, former fashion designer, still young!!!!
She sat down with us on check-in (probably 40 minutes) and reviewed EVERYTHING, even her personal list of favorite restaurants.
Private, quiet, lovely, huge terrace to ourselves, and yet around the corner from great restaurants and only minutes walk
to anything of note in Florence. Longest walk for us was to Statue of David----
16-20 minutes at most, and that's short! Literally close to everything.
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/23580792?guests=1&adults=1
Click on "VIEW PHOTOS" at bottom right corner of page 1 photo.
She's listed as a "Superhost", which is a very good thing. And she gives you her cell number and will always respond at any time.
The pictures are impressive, but the place is actually BETTER! Very spacious & livable, like being a "local".....quaint, charming, everything there you need, and it's quite a historical building, very very old. We miss it!
On the morning of our check-out, she had a taxi waiting for us outside the front door, and that little "back street" NEVER has taxis coming in there, but she arranged it. Two blocks away from the door is a busy street, but back in there it's quiet. By the end of our 4 nights and 5 days we knew "our" neighborhood and loved it.
address is ......Via delle Brache, 3, PIANO 1, Florence, Toscana 50122, Italy
schematic map:
https://goo.gl/maps/EdrvMNBAhMT2
(click on
little arrow top left to always move the box out of the view)
Aerial view map:
https://goo.gl/maps/dvA9QboUPGq
(click on little arrow top left to move the box out of the view)
Move box & note the famous Ponte Vecchio bridge to the left....a 10-minute walk!!!!!
https://goo.gl/maps/ZwcVY2yBtDs
https://goo.gl/maps/7rkbn9mWu6y
https://goo.gl/maps/bV9mvT2EHq62