Wonderful cozy apartment in a great part of Bologna!

Eugenia is a first-class hostess who has created a truly warm and home-like environment for the visitor. Her photos of the apartment are accurate, so you will be getting just what you see. The living/dining/ kitchen area is full of books and fun items on the shelves, and she even has a nice little library of movies on CD.

The apartment was immaculately clean, and the bed and linens were fresh and wonderful.

The location in Bologna might seem to be a bit far from the historic center when you see it on the map, but it is in fact very close to the central square and the walk to get there is a marvel in itself through all the covered porticoes in this amazing ancient city.

There are some top-notch (yet affordable) restaurants withing 5 minutes walk of the apartment, so if you aren't using the fully equipped kitchen, you can go out to eat well, right nearby. She has more kitchen gadgets than you can believe for the small space, including a really good espresso maker complete with a bunch of coffee pods, an electric juicer, a toaster, dishwasher, stove, small stove-top pair of electric burners, etc. etc.

We had an unfortunate trip interruption requiring us to leave several days before we intended, and I did not expect to have any of the rent for any of those days returned to me, but Eugenia very generously offered to return three days rent, despite the fact that she no doubt lost rental potential.

Eugenia is a very nice and helpful person, and I can highly recommend the "Secret Courtyard" in Bologna.