Casa Rosa is a spacious, well equipped and cared for apartment in a very convenient position for accessing most of Bologna on foot but also close to bus stops and a taxi rank. It was a very short walk to a handy little piazza with a restaurant, fruit stalls, pizza/ pane shop etc. It was also a short walk to either of two main streets, San Vitale and Maggiore. Being on the top floor meant lots of natural light and with the windows open you could take advantage of the slightest of breezes, handy on the warm days. The living/dining area has an air conditioner as does the main bedroom ( but not the other two). Given the top floor location the apartment does warm up quickly even in moderate temperatures ( 25-28 Celsius) so in the heat of high summer the air conditioning would be essential. The kitchen came well stocked with many essential cooking items such as oil, vinegar, salt and pepper, teabags, coffee, jam and milk. The apartment is in a local residential area, close to other buildings so, with the windows open, you do share in the sounds of the local life until late in the night, including the noise of cars and motorbikes cutting through the backstreets. But, it does provide a sense of living as a local. There is an excellent security system with phone and camera identification. There are 54 unavoidable steps up to the apartment which may impact upon people with limited mobility. We were warmly greeted by the delightful Francesca, the owner's representative in Bologna, who also came promptly on departure to collect the keys and check over the apartment. Of concern to us was a request from the owner, via Francesca, to fill in a form related to the lease of the apartment which was apparently needed to satisfy some legal requirement relating to the operating of a B and B in Bologna. It required passport numbers and signatures. We had not come across this before in our Air BnB travels in Italy and had not been advised about the requirement on the website or in our communications with the owner. There should have been some explanation of this, either in the apartment or via the website/ communication. It was also strange not to be given the exact address in via Begato until the week before our arrival. This may impact upon groups who plan to meet up there but don't have phone or online access to each other in that period - if that is possible in this day and age! We had a week in Bologna and thoroughly enjoyed the place. It is certainly noisy, busy and covered in graffiti but has real life and soul. It is also easy to make day trips to Firenze, Ferrara and Modena. Recommended places to eat in the vicinity include two fish restaurants, 'Da Maro' and 'Pane e Panelle', and Brococaindosso whose serves are large - to a fault. La Sorbetteria...