Location, location, location, and what a beautiful apartment!
If you're blown away by the pictures, it's even nicer in person. Easy to get to, quite literally steps away from the Duomo, and Samuel/Paolo were very good to communicate with + meet for check-in.
We were only able to stay 1 night due to our travel schedule, but could happily have stayed at Samuel and Paolo's apt for much longer.
A few friendly notes for people when they stay:
1) the old style t-shaped key definitely has different left/right sides, and will only work one way. If you can't seem to get it to work, try flipping it the other way 😳😊
2) My wife is afraid of heights. She saw the pictures and said she'd be ok with the stairs to the loft bed...but they were narrower than she anticipated and have a railing only on one side. She had a mild panic attack heading up/down to/from the loft bed, but I absolutely loved it (the stairs and loft, not her panic attack 😂)
3) Apartment is on the 2nd floor, but with lots and lots of stairs to climb bc each floor has very tall vaulted ceilings (remember...loft bed). There is a very small elevator retrofitted into stairwell. Works great, but again, it truly is small! (I'm 6ft 3in --190.5cm-- and broad shouldered...it was less wide across than my shoulders!)
4) It took us 30-minutes to get a taxi to the airport. Samuel mentions in his notes at the apartment that there is a taxi stand. The one he recommends is a 5-7 minute walk without carrying all your luggage. We were running late to depart after some early morning sightseeing, and we decided to call first one the the other of the two taxi companies listed by Samuel. Neither cared to come pick us up at the address. After 4 times calling, giving the address, being asked to hold, and then being disconnected after a few additional minutes on hold, we gave up with the phone and tried to hail a taxi on the street. You can't. They won't just pick you up like in other cities. You have to go to a taxi stand. There is a taxi stand at the top of the street + at the corner near the Duomo...but no taxis wanted to stop for us. In fact, 3 drivers who dropped people off said they didn't want to/couldn't take us even before we told them where we wanted to go. Thankfully as we were calling/being put on hold/disconnected a few more times a taxi did pick us up. *If you want a taxi...just give yourself time/plan on walking to the farther away taxi stand Samuel lists/recommends.