It's a 8 min walk from Milano Central. We are a family of 5 with 3 kids visiting ITaly - Milan & Pisa for 3 days. Very close to Metro republica and Milano Central train station. Host is very firneldy and communicates well. He explained with the map local places we should visit. Right across there's a pizza place and a chinese good food. Parallel street has a small dept store where you can get milke etc. ITaly is pecky about recycling etc, please keep that in mind. Have fun...!!! :)