We loved our Bologna stay in Gabriele's apartment.
Prior to, and after, arrival, communication was instant and Gabriele speaks fluent english.
He met us at the apartment and talked us through street maps and local places to shop, lunch, coffee, dinner, ice creams, pretty much everything we needed to know. Gabriele lives close by so the area is his home too and he knows it intimately. He offered to arrange our taxi on check out, which happened without hitch.
The location of the apartment couldn't have been better for us. It is in the university area, so buzzing in the piazzas outside, within easy walking distance of everything we wanted to see in Bologna, and with a stunning view of the leaning tower from the kitchen window across ochre and umber hued houses and red clay tiles. Beautiful
The pictures of the apartment do not do it full justice; it's a light, large, airy space, presented in clean white which beautifully offsets the historic wood and tile features of the very old building, including polished wood flooring and terracotta tiles. The roof terrace is fantastic, being roofed so we could sit out to eat even when it rained.
We've already recommended the apartment to friends who were thinking of visiting Bologna; if you are, be sure to look at this apartment, we couldn't fault it or our host Gabriele.