Gianni was a great host. He was very responsive and offered to help in any way possible.
The apartment is absolutely gorgeous. The neighborhood is improving, but is probably not safe for children. Lots of drug use in the alleys. There are needles everywhere in the streets around the apartment.
My girlfriend saw people shooting up drugs 30 meters from the apartment door. One guy was shooting drugs into his neck while looking at himself in the sideview mirror of a parked car.
I got stopped and frisked by the police one day coming out of the apartment because there was a drug dealer loitering in front of our door. The police thought I was with him, so they stopped me too. Once they figured out I was a tourist, they let me go and told me not to let my girlfriend walk around alone.
The last night of our stay, our rental car had the window busted out and rummaged through. There was glass all over our car seat.
Beautiful apartment, but bad neighborhood.