If you are planning on staying in Milano with 2 to 3 people, this is the perfect location. Within a 5 to 10 walk there are 3 supermarkets, numerous retail stores, more caffes, gellaterias, pasticcerias and restaurants than you would be able to visit in 2 weeks. As our hosts explained, the stores and restaurants in the area are local and when you are in this area you are living like the Milanese! For more tourist type areas such as Da Vinci's Last Supper, the Galleria Vittorio II, the Duomo di Milano and Basilica Santa Maria all are a 15 to 35 minute walk. Alternatively this location is also right on a direct bus route and street car line to the town centre! Your hosts are welcoming, extremely responsive, very informative and will help answer questions about anything you may need! With regard to the unit, expect more than the pictures reveal! the ceilings are high with natural beams exposed. The rooms are very large and the kitchen had everything you need to shop and cook like a local! The unit has two bathrooms with incredible water pressure and closet space is endless! The building itself is a classic, with an antique lift, marble and terrazzo everywhere. it is also very secure! Whether it be a week or a month, this is your place to stay!