Wonderful experience and stay. Excellent communication. The apartment is just as pictured. About the stairs: yes this is a walk-up, with no elevator, but you should know that the stairs are really shallow. I had no trouble getting my luggage up and down, but it is true that if you struggle with stairs, this is not the apartment for you. And that’s a shame, because it’s really lovely.
I stayed over a month in early summer: the a/c worked very well, when needed. The area is charming: there’s a supermarket (Sant’Isaia), a wonderful bar (Nosadella and Saragozza), and a wonderful rosticceria (Nosadella and Ca’ Selvatica), all of which made it a great location. The wonderful water filter meant less plastic and no lugging of bottles.
Speaking of plastic, Bologna takes its recycling very, very seriously. Francesco and Federica make that easy, but you need to know Bologna recycles also compost. This does cut their “indifferenziata”, or stuff that doesn’t get recycled somehow, way, way down. Everyone needs to do their part in this very civic-minded system, guests too.
I had a very wonderful stay for work here and Federica and Francesco helped make it effortless in terms of housing. I would be delighted to return.