Central View Apartment

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Stunning view. Lovely decor. Excellent location. Clean.
  : Quite small. Tap water tasted a bit strange. Church bells at 7am!

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : The location was fantastic & the view sensational.
  : Having the shared balcony didnt allow any privacy from groups at other apartments.

Very Poor
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The central location of the apartment and view from the balcony was great.
  : We had no electricity or hot water for several hours. As a result, we missed an excursion which had already been paid for. This greatly disrupted our limited travel schedule. I understand that things happen, however the property manager did not come and assist us, and I felt stranded. We were not compensated for our inconvenience in anyway. Furthermore, when I reached out to bookings.com, they were not helpful at all. I will not be using bookings.com again, this was a terrible experience.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Our family travels a lot and we always prioritize 4 things in this order of preference when it comes to hotels / apartment rentals. 1- Location & Safety, 2- Comfort & Amenities, 3 - Cleanliness, 4 - Staff / Customer Service. This apartment exceeded all of these requirements with good or better ratings.First, the location was amazing! The apartment is on the top floor of a historical building that overlooks the Duomo with direct access to a MASSIVE outdoor terrace. Yes, the pictures are real and the view is absolutely stunning. One of the biggest highlights of our family's trip to Italy was the view from this apartment. Second, the beds are surprising comfortable! We slept well in this apartment compared to the numerous other cities we stayed at during our journey. Third, although old and quite small, there is a working lift / elevator that will get you and your luggage ALMOST to the front door of the apartment. However, yes, there is one last set of stairs you must walk up, but this is Italy and if you're traveling here you should be capable of navigating at least a few steps one other thing of note related to the final stairs is the staff was SUPER nice and offered SEVERAL TIMES to assist with getting the luggage up the final stairs (although we declined). Lastly, we stayed in July during the height of a heat wave. Outdoor temperatures easily exceeded 37C / 100F and the apartment stayed nice and comfortable the entire time, never getting hotter than about 22C / 72F.Bottom line is we had a great experience/ stay and would gladly recommend.
  : The only thing we didn't like about the hotel was the lift / elevator. It has nothing to do with the owner, but we noticed because it is vintage that on more than one occasion tenants would not close the doors to the car, causing it to be held at a certain floor until someone would come by and close the doors completely so that it would operate. Again, this is completely outside of the apartment owners control and nothing that we hold against them.

Wonderful
Traveller Type:
  : The apartment was the best part of Florence. Great place to hide from tourists.
  : It is complicated, we loved the view of the church but once you are on the streets you wished the apartment was somewhere else. Too many tourist like me. I guess it is bad to complains about so many people doing the same thing I am doing but I think after this European trip I am reconsidering what I want to see and what not to see. Historical places are glamorized over Instagram and I think is better to see a documentary about this places and scape to the Tuscan region instead.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Clean, well looked after & an incredible view/ location
  : Mosquitoes

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : You can't beat this location or view you want a view of the Duomo. Although you share the deck this apartment has its own section. Staff was helpful and friendly.Small elevator was very useful for going up 5 flight of stairs.
  : The stair well of the building did not smell good but I'm assuming it's a building issue not the apartment issue.

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Staff was really friendly and helpful - parking service was great (extra charge) - view and location was amazing
  : The private terrace wasnt privat. Random people were coming up as well - there was even a wedding while we were on it. There was mold in one of the room and in the shower.

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The location is amazing!
  : The apartment seems to have a mosquito issue. I'm not sure if it's due to the time of year we stayed (fall) but I got bitten overnight quite a lot.