Walid is a super host. We’ve stayed in many Airbnbs and he is by far the best host we’ve ever had the pleasure to rent from.
He picked us up on time from the airport (apparently bologna has a severe taxi drought hence you may have to wait a long time at the airport for one), communication with him was very easy via WhatsApp.
We arrived at the apartment, the building was old and the hallways dark and a tad dirty, but there’s an elevator (pregnant lady here so no heavy lifting) which is pretty rare for an Airbnb property in bologna.
Once we’re inside the apartment though, it was a newly renovated, very modern, clean, minimalist space. Exactly like what we expected from the pictures we saw before booking. There was a personalized welcome sign with our names on it, Walid had ready a bottle of wine for my husband and a bottle of juice for myself. He went all out. We got fruits, breakfast items, cookies, coffee, mineral water all prepared for our stay.
The apartment is about a 30 min walk from the city center but there is a direct bus that will take you there for approx the same time. Taking a taxi from the city center is pretty cheap also (6-7 euros) so that’s an option.
We really enjoyed our stay at Walid’s for the most part, the only hiccup was the people living upstairs would start smoking usually at 6pm ish and our bathroom would start smelling like cigarette. Closing the window helped a bit however it didn’t completely block out the smell. The smell however was isolated within the bathroom only when the bathroom door was shut.
Overall though amazing stay. Would stay at Walid’s again if we’re ever in bologna.