We would fully recommend a stay with Francesca if you are heading to Milan. Once we got our bearings around the city, the location was great for bus to centre or bus to metro and then onwards. First impressions are a bit quirky, as it's in an old factory, but it works great. You can get the bus towards the centre or towards the metro - both take about 20 mins.

Over the foot bridge towards Via Ortega are restaurants and bars, plus the tobacconists where you buy bus tickets. There is also an excellent bakery which opens at 7:00am 7 days a week! Would recommend Ortega 27 - pizza and fish, excellent and good value. There is a small micro-brewery and steak restaurant, and a couple of cafes.

The room is laid out on 2 levels and works great for the value for money. There was loads of tea, coffee, biscuits, fruit and milk in the fridge on the lower level, and a bed (TV and DVD) and bathroom on top level. It was cold when we were in Milan, but the heating was excellent, in fact, we had to turn it down it was so cosy.

They say, "you get what you pay for," in this instance I would say you get more. Yes, it's basic, yes, it's not in the centre, but you get everything you would need and more, excellent value for money!!

You also get Francesca, she was very helpful and accommodating, would certainly visit again.