We stayed in Simone‘s apartment for two nights (4 people) and it was perfect. There was enough space for all of us and we felt very welcomed. If you like you can walk to the duomo in about 15-20 minutes, but we found the area around the apartment interesting enough already and preferred to stay in that area. It is not too touristy and you find good shops and great cafés etc. Simone made an effort to say hi and we got to know each other a little bit - I never met a host this nice! As already mentioned, Simone has many tips and advices for restaurants & sights, nothing was missing! I highly recommend Simone’s apartment and will try to book it again if I come back to actually check out some more cultural parts of Milano!