Beautiful apartment BUT... let’s begin with the 60 winding steps you have to carry luggage up. However, upon entering we were very pleased. The apartment really is beautifully and completely renovated. It is a very nice size and layout plus extremely clean. The woman that meets you with the keys is very pleasant. The views from the many windows are nice and bright. The downside of all the windows is that they allow all the noise in. You may as well have them open - I’m not exaggerating. The funny thing is that the noise during the day isn’t that noticeable until the evening when both locals and tourists congregate in the piazza below. I initially wondered why there was a box of earplugs left for us on the nightstand. Now I know and believe me you will need them. So if you can tolerate the noise until 4:00 am you might be lucky enough to catch a few hours of sleep until the garbage and recycling come (it appears every morning) to collect all of the bottles drank from the night before at the bars/restaurants. Imagine what sounds like hundreds of bottles being dumped into a truck over and over for what feels like eternity. And if that’s not enough, there are hoards of crows cawing at day break. Let’s just say it was the worst two nights sleep ever.