The room was charming, clean and colorful as pictured. It is very close to the train station, about a 5-7 minute walk. There's a grocery store and many busses within a few blocks. Shortly before our arrival we were sent instructions of how to get to the room, unfortunately by this time we no longer had internet so we didn't know any instructions had been sent. We ended up having to buzz a room we hoped was the right place and ended up talking to Giovanni's mother. She was sweet, but only spoke Italian which left us wondering were to go until Giovanni come down to meet us in the lobby 5 minutes later. He took us up, introducing us to the room. The TV had a variety of Italian channels.
He took our IDs to copy them for records, saying he'd return in 5 minutes. Twenty minutes later he returned; we were uneasy with the separation and wish we would have been informed of the procedure ahead of time.
Giovanni recommended a great pizza place a few blocks away. It was inexpensive and good, but the neighborhood at night feels unsafe so we hurried back to our room to eat. We felt completely safe in the room.
There was a litany of rules listed and it felt overbearing...but I believe we were able to follow them all.