Residenza Rondinelli is a very central flat to all of Florence’s amazing sites. We arrived via Santa Maria Novella train station, and it was just a 10 minute walk (with all our luggage and 3 adults, and 3 teenagers). The flat is spacious and beautiful and has a dishwasher, which is helpful when one is cooking a lot at home.

Gianluca is a very responsive host, and was very gracious in accommodating my request to stay another night when I realized I hadn’t booked it for our last night! That was so helpful not to have to schlep all our luggage to a hotel for the just one night.

If you are planning on staying for several nights, cook at home often and do laundry, let Gianluca know, and he may be able to provide extra household supplies (washing machine detergent, dishwasher detergent, and garbage bag liners) then there are normally.

The supplies that were provided were; one roll of toilet paper per bathroom, two dishwasher tablets and a very small amount of hand soap and dish soap. There no washing machine detergent or paper towels (but that was an oversight we found out later).

Danila was the person to meet us at the flat, and it was so helpful that she was on time. She is great at showing you around, and you can text her if anything comes up and she is very responsive (we didn’t have enough towels for our party, and she was there within an hour to give us more).

Check out was very simple, all we did was start the dishwasher, and take the garbage and recycling down and across the street to dispose of. Danila met us promptly at noon and returned our deposit.

Residenza Rondinelli is an ideal location, and we would definitely stay there again (if Gianluca and Danila would have us!).