Piera's apartment is clean, spacious, and has all the amenities you'll need for a comfortable stay. It's three flights up, but there's a lift for 10 cents - and Piera's cousin, Luca, supplied us with plenty of the coins. We ended up using the lift for going up but always took the stairs down. Luca checked us in, gave us an orientation to the apartment, and also gave us a verbal tour of Naples using a map to show us where to go and how to get there. Piera has a table full of brochures, maps and business cards so guests can study their options and plan their visit.
Everything in the apartment works. Lights, TV, toilets, faucets, hair dryer, refrigerator, wifi - no problem with anything. The two patios are a great feature - we loved sitting out in the cool of the mornings when the birds were darting and diving around the courtyard.
The apartment is in the heart of old Naples, a collection of working neighborhoods with an extensive labyrinth of narrow cobblestone streets and alleys, graffiti-covered walls, quaint plazas, churches, pizzerias, restaurants, and bars. Three floors below Piera's apartment, step through the gate of the iron garage door into the alley Vico Pallonetto Santa Chiara, take a couple steps to the right and then left on Via Mezzocannone and you're in the heart of old Naples with pizza restaurants galore. Location-wise, Piera's apartment was perfect for us. We even walked down to the waterfront and back.