This place has a great history with supposedly 4 centuries of tales. The start of our stay was great with our hostess, a 80 + year old beautiful lady showing us her living quarters , a great dog and old paintings . The library loft with old collections was a treat to the eyes but of not much use as I am ignorant of Italian. And then.. the trouble started with a non working WiFi , a clogged kitchen sink , no heating in any of the bed rooms, lack of basic amenities like salt pepper, oil or a cooking spatula and no hot water in the bathrooms. My mother-in-law slept on the ground floor bedroom which was absolutely cold and very damp . Some of the problems like the WiFi and cooking basics were corrected on the 2nd day . For the rest we suffered with our new found Italian confidence. The old library might be a great USP for some , but the threadbare dirty carpets with holes were a laugh and the charm was lost on me.One of the bathrooms has a open window which cannot be closed and you had cold air 24/7 for company . Every time I used the kitchen sink , water clogged up and I used a plunger . The icing on the cake was when my hostess came down today morning and said .. my taxi has arrived . . I never booked one , but she said I had asked her to do so . Was it old age or was it getting back at me for raising so many issues . I guess, I will never know .
I would say kids and old people , please steer off from the house . The location is 1.5 kms from central garibaldi and 4.5 from the airport . The archeological museum is a km away . The location however is not posh but gives you real Napoli vibes .
So if you are ok with 16th century damp building with a library full of old Italian books and a old hostess who tries to help very much.. this is your place to be . Her son stays in New York and perhaps with good intentions, still did not resolve all my issues. For me and family, this was my worst Airbnb experience. I have clicked photos to document my struggle and have shared with the support team .