Isaia Garden is a fantastic location for anyone exploring Bologna on foot. The bus to Piazza Malpighi and on to the train station is across the street. Two grocery stores, several restaurants, coffee shops and bakeries are very near by. The Museum of Resistance is across the street, and has fascinating information. ( It helps if one knows a bit of Italian, but even one who knows no Italian can learn a lot.) Walking distances are accurate. . . to Piazza Maggiore, for example. Isaia Garden is extremely secure. There are four locked doors. Enter a condominium building through a wooden door on Sant' Isaia, walk along a ground floor corridor to a black wrought iron gate, then walk along a narrow sidewalk to the garden of Isaia Garden and there are two more locked doors, an exterior security door and a door to the actual rental. Each of these four doors has a key which will be given to you by Rambaldo or whoever checks you in. Isaia Garden is very quiet. Exterior lights illuminate your way when returning to the rental at night. This is a very thoughtful aspect of the rental.
One helpful hint: there is a step down from the bedrooms and then a step up to the bathroom on the second floor. Caution is needed when using the upstairs bathroom in the night so as not to fall down the steps. On the ground floor, there is a step up and then a step down to the ground floor bathroom. The water fluctuated from hot to cold in this shower. Best to use the shower on the second floor which did not have this issue.