This property was chosen for it's proximity to the train station. It's a 12 minute walk. As far as finding it and connecting with the host (some of this is our fault/ lack of skill) but there was very little direction from the host. Knowing our date of arrival a welcome message might've helped. Perhaps a little 'how to'? Checking in was really left to us to figure out. It was a little tricky to find but it was close to the train. (Overall Italy gets 2 out of 5 for street signs). We did make the connection and got in. It was quite a nice, spacious place - all large rooms; a beautiful old building with high ceilings and lovely wooden shutters on the windows. Again though, while physically equipped with TV, Washer, coffee maker (who makes home coffee in Italy?) we couldn't figure out how those things worked. Also we would've liked more info on the basics of the area. Big stuff like what if a medical emergency? etc. A binder of info would've really been nice.
Finally, noise. There's a lot of traffic street noise on and off right below the apartment. Via Balzico is a busy uphill one-way street that is jammed at rush hours with horns honking, motorcycles revving by. This wasn't all the time. Saturday and Sunday were much better.
Unit noise; when the unit next door flushes, for whatever design, plumbing reason - it's quite loud.
So it wasn't all bad; it could be better from the host perspective. Street noise? Well there are many permanent residents in the area that put up with it.
