Piero's place is very stylishly decorated and comfortable. Especially appreciated in our December-January stay was the excellent central heating and heated towel rack. Piero checked us in with his wife Anne and they had a lot of local recommendations for places to eat. We were lucky enough to reserve a table at a local fish restaurant for New Year's Eve. However, at the last minute we had to cancel because our daughter got sick with a stomach bug. Fortunately we had anticipated possibly not being able to eat out on New Year's day itself as it is a public holiday and had loaded up with produce from the fish market earlier in the day so we cooked at home. We did manage to sample the pastries at the Pellegrino cafe around the corner which has the best and biggest brioche buns ever! Piero's apartment is an easy 15 minutes walk to the main sights of the city and 5 minutes walk from the railway station. Piero booked us a taxi to the airport which cost 20 euros.