Talk about location! If you're into food/nightlife, this place is perfectly located! Plenty of places to eat and drink without needing to go to the same place twice! Sure it's a short walk to the Duomo and tourists, but why would you want to get all mixed up in that?
Check in was smooth even though we were running an it behind. Vasco is very accommodating!
We only had a couple of 'cons' during our stay. The bed is not comfortable, it's very, very hard and the pillows are very, very flat.
The alleyway is quiet most the time, however, there were glass recycle bins directly under the windows on both sides of the apartment. Multiple times people were pouring what sounded like 100s of bottles into these bins at all times, anywhere from 8am all the up until midnight. We're both light sleepers so needless to say between the bed and this noise we didn't get a lot of sleep.
All in all the location was great and I suggest this place if you're a heavy sleeper!