It's hard to describe how conveniently located this three-bedroom apartment is. It is situated only 5 minutes walk from the Pietrasanta train station and a further 3 minutes to the bus station via a pedestrian passage under the tracks. It is practically on the Piazza Duomo on a prime shopping and restaurant street and there are at least 20 café bars and high quality restaurants within arms reach. The apartment, although it is in the historic centre of Pietrasanta, is fully equipped for the self-catering traveller - oven/hob, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, washing machine, iron/ironing board etc. There are two well maintained bicycles available in the entrance lobby which also leads off to the courtyard which can be seen in the pictures. The washing machine and small second kitchen is at this ground floor level also. The downside of the enclosed courtyard (and having to go there to use the washing machine) is that we were bitten alive by mosquitoes, which seem to like hanging around the air conditioning outlet down there. So effectively the courtyard is not of any practical use for relaxing, unless you have very thick and mosquito resistant skin! Be careful in the bathroom also, as there seemed to be a number of the critters living there also.
Elena, the apartment manager, is very efficient, has perfect English and is able to guide you to the prime tourist attractions of the area. There was no difficulties with arrival and departure administration (Thank you, Elena). The apartment is very quiet at night, even with the noise of nearby restaurants floating in, which we in fact found very pleasing, but which stops anyway shortly after 11pm. The Cinque Terre, Viareggio, Lucca etc are within so easy reach from the train/bus station that it would be a shame to come to this apartment and not explore all possibilities by public transport. The only thing you really need a car for is to do Carrara marble mines, but you'd probably be better going on an organised trip for that rather than taking the risk with a car in the mountains.