Paolo's place is great if you have a car. It was helpful to have free parking on premises. It's a bit outside of the centre of Bologna, but the bus stop is very near the apartment. The challenge is that Bologna public transit is not that great, so it can take a bit of time getting to and from the city center. We tried driving, but parking was an ordeal. That said the apartment was nice, clean, and had beautiful windows. It is right next to the train station so you do hear the trains coming and going and the ping of opening train doors, but mercifully when the windows and door were closed in the bedroom you couldn't hear the noise as much.