This place is absolutely well located in the Duomo area. We had friends staying at the Park Hyatt and it was less than a five minute walk to meet with them. And if you are close to the Duomo, then you are very close to the Metro. The apartment is one floor up from the ground, there is an elevator but we never tried to use it. We felt safe and secure there. In fact it is so secure that you will not be able to get out the front gate on a sunday if you checked out and left the keys in the room, so ask about that for sunday checkout. We mostly only used the bedroom and bathroom and the refrigerator. The apartment was quiet with no road noise and you are able to kill the light for sleeping. We tried to use the washing machine but abandoned when we couldn't find any detergent (the box was empty) and Taziano wasn't certain how long it would take as he hadn't used it in a long time. Kind of important if you only carry on luggage like we do. For the location, I would highly recommend this apartment, I would probably not stay here again as it would be better suited to Italians.