How soon can I come back to Bologna and this apartment? Paola was an incredible host - friendly, welcoming, so helpful and proud to share the little loft she has created. Rightly so - it is the kind of apartment I would love to live in! Bologna quickly became one of my favourite Italian cities, and this listing was in a perfect location to make the most of my first visit.

The kitchen and fridge were very generously stocked with food and drinks, the bathroom had an excellent selection of beauty products, and that book and film library! I could have stayed for weeks reading her collection on art, film, food, fashion and travel. Paola's handwritten additions to a food guide in the apartment were very useful, so I got to try some of the city's best tagliatelle al ragu (Osteria dell'Orsa was the winner for me!)

She replies instantly, was never far away (quite literally, in the same building) if I needed anything, and very generously invited me to share a drink with her and her husband on my last night as I was on my own. What wonderful people with a wonderful Airbnb listing! Thank you Paola, I will definitely be back!