Lucia's place is great! Yes, there are the stairs, but I found them to be easily navigable.

The neighborhood is nice. Plenty of restaurants nearby (Lucia recommended Osteria Bottega which was outstanding!). If you arrive at the train station, bus #30 (departs right in front of the train station) drops you off very close to the apartment (near Piazza Porta Saragazzo) which is very convenient.

The bed is very comfortable, the bathroom, while small, is nicely decorated and stocked with toiletries.

The entire apartment seems to be very recently remodeled and has many really nice extras. The wifi was great, and the building quiet.

There is a binder chock full of suggested ideas in case you are not familiar with all that Bologna has to offer. Lucia has experience in the tourism industry and I think she works part time at the office in Piazza Maggiore if I remember correctly. I found her to be really sweet, very accommodating and easy to communicate with, by email and phone.

I highly recommend this apartment.