Superlative. A well-maintained 19th-century home in one of the most attractive residential neighborhoods in Providence--a town recently and correctly cited by Architectural Digest (http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/providence-rhode-island-guide-hotels-restaurants-shops-article).

The clean, generous room looks out on the city. A five-minute walk to RISD (and its art museum, the nation's 20th largest) and Brown University, 15 minutes to downtown and the train station, from which Boston is 1 hour and $10 by train.

Peter and Chiara are natural hosts with a low-key graciousness that U.S. and international visitors alike will appreciate.