Maddalena was quick to respond to all our inquiries and was incredibly helpful in giving local information, directions, etc. And because she was working out of town, she made arrangements for her friend Valentina to meet us at the apartment and show us around. Valentina was very accommodating in letting us store our luggage there before official check-in.

The apartment is centrally located which made it very easy to run back to the apartment midday to drop off packages, take a power nap, etc.

Although mentioned by other reviewers, I think it is important to tell potential renters that the room setup is not for everyone. When we booked the apt we were unaware that the two rooms are basically connected - one (two twins) is downstairs and the second (queen bed) is essentially in a loft, open to the downstairs bedroom by a large glassless "window." There is a blind that can be lowered in the window, but that doesn't help the sound issue. So once we went to our own rooms, we could still talk to each other, and could hear each other's conversations. Since I sleep with the window open, it also meant that they were subjected to hearing the outside noise because I wanted the window open. Also, the queen room has no actual door (has a curtain for privacy), so we were forced to keep quiet in the living room as well.

As mentioned in other posts, there is a beam between the queen room and the upstairs toilet that made it quite treacherous for the tired soul that forgets to duck.

We didn't use the kitchen other than to make coffee and use the wine glasses, but it seemed to have all the essentials.

Other than the room setup, we found the apt to be fine for our purposes. The location was great and working with Maddalena was super easy.