Peter and Chiara are warm and personable hosts, I enjoyed my stay in their historic, tastefully furnished and artistically decorated, College Hill home. I appreciated the extra touches, like fresh ground espresso in the morning, designated off street parking and Peter's interesting Providence pointers and extensive knowledge of city history, government and artistic community. Peter and Chiara's "Purple House" is a comfortable, reasonably priced option if in town for RISD or Brown events, or general site seeing, as the colleges, historic homes and downtown are a short, safe distance by car or on foot.