What makes this apartment a great place is the host, Gabriele. Always easy to reach, always great with advice, and a true connoisseur of the food scene, near the apartment, in Milano in general, and beyond! We followed many of his restaurant recommendations, to great results. The apartment itself is ok, it is in one of those buildings with an open-air interior stairway/corridors that I always wanted to check out. The building is in good condition, as is the apartment. The furniture is clearly of good quality and pretty new, way above that bare minimum you usually find in a furnished-for-short-term-rental kind of place. The bedroom looks over a street and it's first floor (European), so the ear buds came in handy for both the late-night-parties at the open air bars across the street, and the traffic in the morning. The area around it is residential, with plenty of neighborhood bars and restaurants, and in walking distance to the Duomo, and very close to the China Town - we liked the quality and authenticity of food there, above what you normally find in Europe. Thank you, Gabriele!