This is a great place managed by a super-host in a great location at Isola-Garibaldi. The Isola is a historic quarter in Milan, with plenty of excellent, value-for-money restaurants as well as ice-cream shops and artisans' boutiques like Bertucci and Romani for papers, leather notebooks and photo albums. Annalisa's place is on three floors in a fully renovated classic Milanese working class house one minute from Garibaldi MM2 and train station. You can walk to Duomo via Corso Como and Corso Garibaldi or take public transport - the walk is rewarding if you want to find out about little shops and restaurants, or visit Churches like San Simpliciano.
What about the place itself? Let us start from the entrance. The door is on the ground floor, so no hassle with the luggage. Inside, you will find plenty of character in architecture and tasteful design, with all the amenities you can dream of - we even found on the table a superb panettone, a staple Christmas cake in Milan. We spread throughout the floors and enjoyed every corner of this place.
The house is quiet, clean, warm, and truly spacious. The room downstairs is very quiet and dark at night when you draw the curtains, this guarantees long sleeping hours. Also downstairs is a living room with scenic brick vaulted ceilings.
The room upstairs has two single beds - which is ideal if you have kids who do not want to sleep together (or two friends). Be ready to walk up and down the staircase because the toilet is on the ground floor but the shower downstairs - both bathroom have a sink though. In the living room there is also a double sofa that turns into a bed if needed. The place is excellent for four but can accommodate six as well - although our impression is that if you stay for 4-5 nights four guests is ideal.
Highly recommended - Annalisa is an efficient and kind person when you need to communicate with her, morning or evening, at check in or on departure, and in any case she prepared a folder with all the FAQs we could think of.