Paolo's place is a great location in the heart of the Città Alta and very close to many great restaurants, bars, gelaterias, in an relaxing enchanting city. The entire Città Alta is within walking distance; you are only 2 blocks from the funicular that has frequent connections via bus to the train station and Bergamo airport. Do be aware that the downside of the great location is that the apartment can be noisy at night if you are sleeping with the windows open, because of the sounds of people going home from their days activity. Normally, the windows shut out the noise, but on a very hot day with windows open you will hear some street sounds.
Paolo was a great host. Even though this was a private room, not a whole apartment she always gave us space to be alone when we wanted that; sharing the kitchen was never a problem and we had many interesting conversation and learned much from her in our first trip to Bergamo.
Even though meals were not part of the arrangement Paola surprised us with a very nice breakfast one morning and also made a nice dinner for us on the next to last day of our stay. We stayed with Paola for 5 days, and would readily return to her place on a future trip.