the house is quite spectacular and true to the pictures. But if you don't have a car it's quite a walk to the city center. On the upside the garden and apartment is so nice you don't need to do the walk all the time. we had some really friendly neighbors. We were traveling with a baby and the walk to town with a trolley is not that nice. the first part was on a highly trafficked street, though i think that might be worse when we were there due to some construction on the main road.