This was our first stop on an 11 day trip throughout Italy. We rented a car and headed down immediately after landing and boy was I in for a surprise driving through Naples. Be forewarned, if you're an American thinking you know what's up with traffic here (or throughout all of Italy for that matter), think again. Nothing will prepare you for what you'll face driving through the crazy streets in Italy. The highway is great but the cities/city centers are a completely different animal.

Gianni is an excellent host who made every effort to accommodate us. Extremely friendly and knowledgeable about the history of Naples, he met us in our car to help us get parked in his building (an unbelievably tough spot if you're driving anything bigger than the Fiat 500C). Most importantly, we were running EXTREMELY late but he contacted me and let me know not to worry and was vary gracious about our late check-in.

The location is great if you want to be right in the heart of Naples just steps from the bustling streets and city life. The room itself was simple, good for two people. The shower/bathroom is shared between two other private rooms so be aware of that. You're overlooking a small plaza (not sure if it has a name) but it's right next to a church as others have mentioned. It's a bit of a walk up the stairs so if you've got heavy luggage, you may consider taking only what you need up in a smaller bag. Gianni was gracious enough to take our luggage up for us.

There are a lot of snacks and packaged food available 24hrs in the two kitchens so you won't go terribly hungry.

No towels for the shower so remember to pack your own. Also, wireless doesn't quite reach the room at the far end so you'll need to be in the main entry point to connect, not a huge problem but less convenient for attempting to work off of it in the room. The location is nice but the room felt a bit lacking. I couldn't get the door to close properly and the lock would not cooperate from inside. Had to leave it unlocked but didn't run into any problems with the other guests. In fact, I met a very nice couple who gave us some tips about visiting the Pompei and Herculaneum sights.

Overall a good value for a decent room.