Wow! We were blown away with the beauty of this apartment, with original features such as exposed brick walls, beams and chimney and an adorable extra double bed under a skylight window. The rustic interior design touches like the drift wood open wardrobes and cosy fur throw were fabulous. We enjoyed using the coffee machine for long coffees as a reminder of home as well as espressos to try the local way of doing it!
The location was a very short walk from the train station which was exactly what we needed arriving hot and sweaty. Downstairs from the apartment (three flights, good exercise and definitely not a problem for us or the elderly gentleman next door but perhaps other guests might have to consider these things) you were immediately onto the restaurants and market stalls. Also it was only a short walk away from any of the attractions, just 3 minutes to the famous Cathedral. The furthest we had to walk was to the Piazzo Michelangelo viewpoint which was only 20 minutes and totally worth it (recommended!)
Finding the apartment, you're looking for door 29 which is next to the restaurant Za Za's. Annalisa was waiting here for us after we arranged a time over email. She helped with our bags on the way up and showed us around and answered our questions. Leonardo also joined us and introduced himself and made sure we knew all the best places to go, showing us a map they had produced. There was also an official city map and tour leaflets provided.
Annalisa and Leonardo were such great accommodating hosts! Both the apartment and our hosts make us certain to come back and we would absolutely go out of our way to recommend this to friends and family.