The apartment is really nice and beautiful, very quiet as it’s facing an interior courtyard, not the street. The location is fantastic. Yes, you can walk to the town center, but since the vintage tram line 1 brings you to all the important places (Duomo, Scala, Brera, Castle, Arco della Pace) why walk? The tram stops less than 50 meters from the apartment. Other lines stopping there are 5 to the Central train station and 33 to the Porta Nuova/Isola district. If you book Claudio’s place, you won’t regret it (my only regret was never actually meeting Claudio in person).