The apartment was very nice and well situated next to the Duomo as well as being within a few minutes walk of various bars, restaurants and shops. The fixtures were mainly new and everything was cleaned to an excellent standard and had a nice little balcony.

Doli met up at the apartment and made us feel very welcome. What a nice guy!

The kitchen had everything you needed inc a washing machine that came in useful when it turned out I'd forgotten to pack most of my clothes and the bathroom was spacious with a well powered shower unit.

The bed is comfy and the air con in the main room and bedroom is a real bonus. The apartment is airy and spacious and the shutters really do make a difference to the light at night, when they are all shut it's is completely black which is great for getting a good night's sleep.

Now, Noise.. In terms of noise we lived in Manchester city centre for 3 years so are used to people noise at night so made sure to take earplugs and slept fine, tourists aren't that loud during the day also. One thing I was a bit disappointed about in terms of noise was that an apartment across the way/next door was being renovated so there was a lot of building work noise from that from about 8.30am to 6pm inc banging and power tools which made an afternoon siesta difficult.

Overall the apartment is great and provides very good value for money with all the above in mind. Thanks to Mariella and Doli for making us feel so welcome and using your fantastic home.