Re Umberto luxury apartment

Clean rooms. Wonderful layout. Nice showers, the elevator was perfect.

There was no conditioning in the kids room so it was hot and stuffy in there at night even with the fan. Beds were 8/10 comfortable. Some are too soft and some too hard. Pillows were great!

My family of 5 spent 3 nights at Alessandro's apartment, which far exceeded our expectations. Alessandro met us at the front door to the building upon arrival to give us the key, escort us up to the apartment on the third floor, show us how the elevator works on the way up, and provide a walk through of the apartment. Before leaving, he also gave us many recommendations for truly discovering his home town, and it was very obvious how much Alessandro loves Torino (rightfully so, our visit was amazing and all of his recommendations were perfect). This is not just a corporate rental unit. The building is 140 years old, and the apartment belonged to Alessandro's grand parents, whose furniture, books, jazz records (along with an 80 year old gramophone built into the living room wall that unfortunately needs a new turntable motor but very cool!), and photos all remain. The kitchen and 2 bathrooms have been remodeled, and the 3 bedrooms were extremely comfortable. The kitchen was well stocked with everything we needed to make homemade gnocchi one night, and the apartment is surrounded by an upscale neighborhood with restaurants close enough to walk to eat or carry take away back. We ordered take away pizza and pinsa from L’Angolo Verde around the corner twice during our stay - so good! The apartment is also just a mile walk to the Royal Palace. We walked to the apartment from the train station, then walked all over the city for 3 days, then back to the train station for our departure to Bologna - super convenient. I took way too many photos of the Royal Palace, Palazzo Madama, outdoor market, churches, and other sights to post here, but got a few shots from the apartment balconies (inner courtyard from two of the bedroom balconies at night, and Re Umberto from the living room balcony). Alessandro was very communicative via WhatsApp throughout our stay. He was a great host and I highly recommend him and his apartment when you're in Torino!

The huge entrance door to the building is really old and there's a jiggle trick to getting the key to insert into the lock, which most of us struggled to get right. My youngest kid (19) managed to figure it out so she was responsible for getting us in at the end of the day. If I would have been there alone, it would definitely have taken me some practice to get the key to go in without feeling like I was going to break it or the lock. Otherwise, everything was absolutely perfect. In fact, I could easily live in that apartment full time!

Il palazzo e la sua storia, la disponibilità di Alessandro, il proprietario, ed Edoardo, il suo collaboratore. La facilità di parcheggio, la centralità del quartiere, il fascino degli arredi antichi e l'agio dei servizi moderni.

Assolutamente tutto perfetto.

Appartamento grande, pulito ed ordinato