We had an absolutely terrific experience at Mauro's Santa Croce apartment! It is absolutely 100% as advertised; literally less then 20 yards from the Santa Croce square, eye level with the Basilica; nothing short of old-world epic. We are a family of 6 and the apartment felt very spacious. The dining room area was large and used as a gathering place; the loft over the dining room was a little hideout workplace for our 4 teenagers-- the two back rooms, each with their own bathroom worked PERFECTLY. The best part of our visit was Mauro's Mom and Dad (Giuliano) greeting us and making us absolutely feel like family guests as they walked us through their prior home of 25 years. The next best part was the location-- we literally were able to walk to everything-- nothing was more then a 20 minute walk and most things were a lot closer then that!