BEST STAY EVER! I recently stayed in Riccardo E Alessandra's place (March 2014) and couldn't have asked for a better experience!

Riccardo met me at the train station and walked me to the place. It was only a short 5-10 min walk and completely doable with my luggage (with wheels). The proximity to the train station was key as I used it everyday to get around. The location was great to get around the city or take a train to / from other countries. I made use of this with a great day trip to Lake Como a few days after arriving from Zurich. Also, Riccardo showed me where there were restaurants on the same block that were pretty good if I wanted to eat close by. There's also quite a few around the Milano Centrale area since there are so many hotels.

The listing was exactly as described. The only thing that is not mentioned is a convenient above ground tram that stops just 1/2 a block from the place and if you're a light sleeper, you might hear it, but I didn't at all. The place was clean, spacious and adorable! They were very responsive each step of the booking.

They provided a welcome sign, little breakfast items, coffee and a bottle of wine to welcome me! They also provided maps, current news / events and suggestions for places to see or things to do.

Alessandra was so helpful to let me know about timing for visiting Lake Como and even helped with sights to see there. We met up for a quick picture and walked around together. Absolutely going above and beyond my expectations! She helped be get my shopping on and also helped me find the right times trains were returning back to Milan for me from the Swiss outlets (only 1.5h away).

Riccardo was able to provide a ride to the airport for an agreed upon price to help me get there on time for an extremely early flight. I appreciated not having to figure out the train in the dark morning, stressing about getting there. Again, above and beyond all expectations.

I kept in touch with them via text throughout my stay and they were very helpful when I had questions and very responsive. I never saw any neighbors and they were never loud beyond normal waking hours.

All in all I couldn't have asked for a more enjoyable stay. I was staying alone and meeting friends elsewhere in the city, but Riccardo E Alessandra knew how to make a girl feel comfortable. I highly recommend staying with them!