The location is hard to beat. It is located in one of the most charming areas of Milan (Brera) and connected to one of the most "in" parts of town (Corso Garibaldi, Piazza Gae Aulenti, the Isola neighborhood). Practically speaking, the area around the apartment is restricted to pedestrians (there are some vehicle with permits that can access the street and surrounding alleys). There are quite a few restaurants and bars close by with a good variety of choices. Quite a few of the city's big attractions are within 20 minute walking (in fact, even 10 min). There is a metro stop 3 min from the apartment and that connects you to practically every part of the city (we reached the apartment from the Malpensa airport using only public transportation in under 1 hour). The amenities are very good. We had a two-week stay and took advantage of the washer. If you sleep with the windows open, you might be bothered with the street noise from the restaurants and the street cleaning operations after 2:00AM . However, the double-pane windows do an incredible job at insulating from noise and we had no problem with that. The air conditioning worked perfectly well. Our host was very responsive.