What a great place to stay!! These guys own the entire building and it looks like four shared units per space. Don’t be turned off by the shared bathroom. We stayed on the third floor (floor #2…all of Italy labels their floors 0, 1, 2…) There were four units in our space and never had any issues getting a bathroom. One of the bathrooms is enormous and has a toilet, bidet, two sinks, and two showers.
We were able to drop our bags off early and explore! The rooms and bathrooms are spotless. Our unit was in the corner and it was great. All the furniture and accessories were well chosen. The room is enormous! It really could have even used two reading chairs by the fireplace to relax it’s so large. The bed is very comfortable and there is an overhead ceiling fan but that honestly wasn’t of much use. It’s very quiet in the room until the middle of the night when there are a few rowdy bar patrons walking around and all the voices echo into the room perfectly. In the morning the four different trash services each come pick up their bottles, cans, trash etc very early and they are very loud. If you’re even remotely a light sleeper you will go nuts. Luckily we had rain the night before which helped cool off the unit as like most of Italy, there isn’t any A/C.
This really want an issue but a box or rotating fan would have been extremely useful to pull in air, maybe even two fans since the room had two windows for cross-ventilation. After our second night we tried to find one at a local store with no success as the street noise was just too much. It would also be nice to have more than just sheer curtain to sleep in past 7am!
Overall the place was the nicest place we stayed in Italy!! The host was very communicative, let is check in early, and the place was very clean. There is a code/key fob to get into the building, the same fob gets you into the shared unit, and then a key to get into the room. All the bathrooms lock as well. There was a shared kitchen/lounge and rooftop deck which we were too exhausted from walking around to use but it looked very nice. It would have been nice to have a mini refrigerator in your room for water, etc but none the less our experience was great.
The location is not in the city center but it was fantastic. About a ten minute bus ride from the train terminal. There are coffee shops everywhere. Check out La Buchetta and Bar Bar but make a reservation. It’s about a 20 minute walk to the Duomo and the entire walk is through an awesome shopping/eating district. We did this walk at least five times and there are always new paths to take and new things to see. Don’t miss going to Piazzale Michelangelo to overlook the entire city, again about 20 minutes from the ABnB!
One last item, the host lets you leave your bags to pick up later but you need €5 cash. All things considered not a terrible price to pay for the additional hours of having your items stored safely.