I picked this place because of the glowing reviews. He sounds like a fabulous host. However he was out of town while we were there. We arrived 10:30 and we're not able to have a place to drop our bags off early check in is 16:00 luckily we found a wonderful coffee shop bar near by that we spent most of our morning at. When the owner heard our story let us leave our bags at his place so we could do some sight seeing and not lose a day. Thank goodness we found that place because when we did show up at the apt.at 16:00 no one was there to let us in after a half hour I went back to the coffee shop because they had WiFi and I was able to get message Gaetano who thankfully responded quickly and said someone would be there in 10 mins. No reason or apology were ever given by either him or his friend who let us in. He did let us have a late check out no problem. We did have great time, the apt was beautiful as was the view. It was in a great location. You have to expect snags when traveling and not let them ruin your trip. I'm sure none of this would have been a problem had he been in town. So I would stay there again and recommend it to others.