What a cute and, dare we say, sexy place Claudio has built. A true labor of love. Spotlessly clean. Beautiful bathrooms with great design, nice plumbing fixtures and fittings and, gasp!, plenty of hot water.
Great location tucked right within the medieval city. Very safe. With a quick walk you are right at the main pedestrian street and the marvelous cathedral.
Claudio leaves coupons to the café a block away for breakfast. They have great ice cream, coffee, and pastries including the local favorite "nuns' tits", a far too anatomically correct but tasty sweet treat.
The kitchen is small but serviceable and has a two burner induction cook top...no stove. Light meals were eas to prepare here
There us a lovely reading/writing room with a record player and some records
The two bedrooms are large and lovely with good ventilation. The upper room has a nice little balcony.
It is just a hoot going up and down to the various levels if the house. That being said, this bnb would be very challenging for anyone with physical disabilities. Also, if you are near 6 feet tall, be careful when yiu come down the main set of stairs as head clearance is short...not a deal killer, just be aware.
When you come, do not drive into the walled city portiob as you can be fined. Instead, park in the blue-striped pay parking spaces on the west side of Corso Vittorio Emanuele in the area across from the Sneakerscilt shop and Pasticciaria Mariniello. After paying for parking (80 cents per hour) Walk your luggage through the city portal and then to the bnb.
Pay parking is enforced between 9am and 13:30 and then again from 15:00 or 16:00 until about 21:00. All other hours and Subdays are free. You can pay in advance for at least 24 hours. Make sure you display your parking receipt on your dash
Ok, enough of that. Claudio's place us lovely and romantic. Restaurants, pizzerias and shopping are minutes away.
Highly recommend.
PS, we forgot some really important documents and Claudio was nice enough to offer his house address to accept an express FedEx delivery that really saved the day. Great communications, great apartment, great host