Alessandro is absolutely wonderful along with the apartment! Incredible location over looking the Colosseum from the nice little terrace, wonderful neighborhood with tons of restaurants of all different calibers ranging from cheap pizza to expensive dinners, lovely wine bars, gelato and pastry shops, anything you could think of is within a 5-10 minute walk. The bus station and metro station is also less than 10 min away. Everywhere you walk in this neighborhood there is something to look at. Churches, ruins, parks, etc. The apartment was lovely as well. Small but clean and comfortable for 2 people. Biggest thing is that the building has a lift that fits 2-3 people. Very convenient at the end of the day when you are exhausted and your feet are hurting so you don't have to walk up 6 flights of stairs. We arrived after midnight on a train from Milan and Alessandro was there waiting for us and was very welcoming. He showed us around the apartment, how to use the TV, the AC, the amenities he left for us in the kitchen (water, milk, bread, butter and jam) and he even provides a small cell phone that you can use to make phone calls (calling restaurants, making reservations, calling Alessandro for something, etc) when out in the city. If you are from the US like us and get charged for making a phone call, it is very convenient. Overall the experience was incredible. We had a small issue with the shower - water goes everywhere all over the floor and it would go from hot to freezing cold back to hot every few minutes. Other than that, we seriously highly recommend this apartment due to the awesome location and amazing host! If we ever go back to Rome, we would definitely stay here again!