The apartment is located within a 20 minute walk to everything you'd want to see in Bologna. The price is amazing, and Gioia and Demian were able to accommodate our early arrival, which we appreciated very much. The downside is that the street happens to be a hotspot for Bolognese nightlife. This is fun in the early evening, but it can be an issue if you want to sleep before 1am, even with the windows closed.

The apartment has lots of extra blankets, a big bathroom and a full kitchen. Unfortunately, it wasn't as clean as it could have been when we arrived. The bathroom had a strange urine smell that never went away. In addition, Gioia and Demian live in Brazil, which makes certain kinds of problems difficult to resolve. For example, the apartment was very cold at night and the heater didn't work. We communicated with Gioia via email about this, and when we couldn't get the heater to work, she suggested we try the heating function of the apartment's AC unit. We weren't able to use it until we figured out that one of the fuses in the apartment wasn't working. It took a while to sort all this out, and for some time, we thought we'd be freezing all night in bed.

Similarly, the internet conked out the morning of our departure. We let the hosts know about this, but because of the time difference, they didn't see our message for many hours.

To sum up: this apartment has an unbeatable price and is well located if you don't mind noise at night. However, issues that arise could be a nuisance to solve.