The apartment shows as pictured. The location is in an excellent and safe spot and right in the center of all the walkable attractions. The bed was comfortable and the shower had great water pressure. A plus that it has a washing machine (and detergent provided). It was clean, stylish, and organized. The layout was nice it is a studio but the living room area is set off of where the bed area is.
If you are a light sleeper I recommend bringing a travel white noise machine or downloading a free app on your phone. You are, after all, in a shared building with an interior court so there is bound to be noise (not the apartment’s fault). I used ROHM white noise and once on we couldn’t hear a peep.
The man who checked us in was very pleasant and accommodating. I was traveling with my 6 year old daughter. Check in communication via the company (not the man helping) was a bit frustrating. I do wish the response times were quicker and having to coordinate a meet up with no internet/wifi while traveling wasn’t ideal. I explained this situation a few times hoping to get an exact meet you time so that I could book my train travel accordingly but I didn’t get responses in a timely fashion so was unable to do this. It did work out in the end though. Hopefully they make the switch to self-check in.
Overall it was a great place to stay. We could walk everywhere at any time. We felt safe and it was very easy to get a taxi. We arrived at Bologna Centrale train station and got a taxi right outside the exit. The taxi took us right to Piazza Galvani, which I suggest as a spot to be dropped off and picked up. You can take a bus but I felt a taxi was the easiest and most straight forward. Uber does work in this area as well. I was able to request an Uber to take to the sanctuario BV di San Luca and it picked us up right there.
Tip: there is a cafe in piazza Galvani called Cafe Zanirini. They have free wifi. I suggest going there and getting a coffee and connecting to their wifi. That way if you have any troubles with check in you can get on their wifi to be able to use WhatsApp/Airbnb to coordinate. And while you are out and about exploring and you need to check messages or access maps you can automatically connect to the wifi just by standing outside.