My wife and I from Houston enjoyed living as Romans do for seven nights in this well located apartment. The owner gave a personal touch with many gestures to make us feel welcome as guests when checking in and was prompt to check us in. I appreciated that she made additional efforts to make sure we were happy and comfortable before leaving us with her apartment and her contact info in case we had any additional questions. Thank you! That added a lot of value for us.
The apartment is basic, but it had all of the essentials with a few small perks. We felt it was clean and we always felt like our belongings were safe when we left the apartment for the day.
It was comfortable to have two bathrooms, one with a shower, and another with a bathtub. It was nice to have some room to sprawl out with two sofas in living room, TV, and dining table to relax and use the wifi after our long days of walking and adventuring before going out to dinner.
Seriously, there more than a dozen of the best, most reasonably priced, restaurants in Rome within one to three blocks of the apartment. If you walk even a few more blocks within the area, you'll find the neighborhood is home to several dozen restaurants. So, it was very convenient to walk to our closely located home every night after a romantic dinner and our bellies full of pasta and wine. For times when we couldn't eat anymore pasta/pizza, we found the small, basic kitchen well stocked with utensils, pots and pans to prepare salads and lighter/healthier foods that we found at the markets.
As it is located in the heart of the Trastevere neighborhoods with restaurants and shops located downstairs, even with the well-insulated windows, I'd recommend earplugs at night if you need absolute quiet for sleeping. For us, it was worth the trade off for such a great location.
It's an easy walk some of the tourist sites, but the nearby tramline and buses made it easy to get access to everywhere we wanted to visit in Rome.
* I know that 5 stars can be seen as too generous for an older, basic apartment with small rooms. But, I stand by my rating. Seriously, I can't believe that anyone gave this apartment 3 stars or less. Were they too picky? Perhaps they should have just stayed at a hotel? If you find the charm and the little comforts in this apartment as we did, you'll give it 5 stars too!
