We wanted to stay in an area of Naples that was where the “real” people lived and that’s exactly what we got! There was a sweet old lady that sat in a little plastic chair people-watching all day every day. She didn’t speak English but she smiled and said, “Ciao, bella” to our 7 year old daughter every time we passed her. There were clothes hanging on clotheslines over our heads. We could smell cooking scents from windows. We never felt unsafe even though it looks like an empty alleyway. There was a certain charm to it.
The apartment itself appeared exactly as it does in the photos. Very clean. Nicely decorated. The private terrace was amazing. The photos of the terrace was the big selling point for me and it did not disappoint. We watched the sunset up there one evening and it was beautiful.
The cons… the first thing you should know that other reviews have mentioned are the stairs. It’s not “a lot” of stairs. We counted. There are 124 steps. 124. Many of them are very worn and have rough rock exposed. Getting all the luggage for 2 adults and 2 children up there was extremely difficult. I thought my husband was going to have a heart attack. It was hot and very humid when we were there and we needed some good A/C. Unfortunately, the A/C unit in the living room did not work well and we were never able to get it to cool the space. The units in the bedrooms worked great, though. The other con was the shower. It either put out very hot water or painfully frigid water. It was very frustrating.
However, our host was nice and quick to respond when we had questions.