Salvatore's beautiful, duplex apartment is in a fantastic location - you turn off the hustle and bustle that is Tribunale, right in the heart of the Centro Storico (old town), onto a quiet alleyway, up a couple of flights of stairs of an old palazzo, and enter an ancient, romantic sanctuary with roman walls and part of an amphitheater down below you! Nearly everything you want to see in Naples is within 30mins walk, and most of it is almost on your doorstep.
The terrace is fantastic and we spent many evenings out there watching the swifts and the bats come out for their evening feed. We ate quite a few meals out there, though the table only just fits 2 around it and you can't get kitchen table out of the door, so it was difficult for 4 of us to eat outside together.
The bedrooms are roomy and the top "red" bedroom is gorgeous. The beds are comfortable too. The bathroom is very modern and has a large shower with good pressure. The wifi is good and strong and available all over the apartment and terrace.
This apartment makes a fantastic place to stay for a long weekend, but for people staying a week or more (as we were), its limitations become a bit more challenging. We were pleased to find that the kitchen had some basic items to get you going, such as tea, coffee, salt & pepper, sugar, oils, vinegars, spices etc. However, the kitchen facilities are basic and require some improvisation to cook in. There are very few kitchen utensils, and it could do with some additional basic items such as cooks knives, a chopping board and a cheese grater. It has no oven to speak of and, while the apartment was generally clean, the fridge interior was sticky and a bit dirty, so I had to clean it before I could put our groceries in it.
The ancient washing machine does not work properly and it is mouldy. It takes over an hour for the water to heat up before it will start the cycle & the clothes come out wet as the spin speed is very low. One morning we came down to a flooded kitchen as the machine had filled itself up with water and was leaking, even though it was switched off. We hope Salvatore has purchased a new one before you arrive!
The kettle is very scaled, though this we put down to the very poor water quality in this region - it is very chlorinated and has tiny, calcified "bits" in it, making tea and coffee taste quite unpleasant, and I wouldn't recommend drinking it from the tap. We resorted to boiling mineral water in a saucepan for making tea after discovering this.
Note that there is no aircon or fans provided and it was very hot and humid at night, even in early June. You might want to request a fan before you arrive in the summer months.