Staying with Giovanni was a great experience. My wife and I had never done the "Shared apartment" thing but he made it a smooth ride. He met us even though we had to get there late and everything was very clean. The other reviewers are right in saying that he is very accommodating and will help with anything he can, we trusted his advice and were happy to stay with someone that allowed us to enjoy our stay.

The bed was a tad small but ok for me (183cm tall). Everything was super clean and easy. We got a seperate key to our room, which we could lock and also keys to get back in if we got late (every night dinner meant we were late).

We would highly highly recommend two places to eat: Da Francesca and even more so Cantina Lucifero (not the same as Taverna Lucifero, but same owner). Make reservations before you go and enjoy the food and great service.

For anything turisty, wake up early and pay for things the night before :) ...we did not and did not have a much time. Also consider getting one way trip tickets for 1.50 EUR instead of 6 EUR day tickets for the public transport, we did that the second day and it saved us money. For the day ticket to save money we would have had to take more than 4 trips. We never took more than 3.

It was probably 30-40 min away from anything if you include the walking and waiting (the subway once took 15-20 min before it arrived for us to take it).