Riccardos place is a perfect home base for your adventures in Rome. For us it was a great find in the heart of Roma. Our host gave us great directions from the train at termini - both by bus and taxi - we decided it was easiest to take a taxi - 16 euros - and our hosts assistant met us at the apartment and helped get us settled in. It is a bit of a hike up 5 flights of stairs but we loved the adventure and it was easier than we thought and the apartment itself is small but cozy for a family of 4 with 1 bathroom, 1 bedroom and a pull out trundle couch in the living room but we knew this and choose it mainly for the awesome location and funky cool decor and consistently great reviews. We were happily surprised to find we were closer to campo di fiori main square, trastevere and argentina square (main taxi pickup/drop off in the area) than originally thought. Also easy walking to Pantheon, Trevi, Spanish Steps and shopping - honestly it was a perfect spot to see everything (and Rome is huge!). We walked pretty much everywhere but took a vatican and coloseum tour (both with livitaly small group AWESOME) and used taxis at argentino to get to tours on time... always walking home. We also used a taxi from argentina square to leave for airport set 48euro fare for all 4 of us and baggage - easier and faster than taxi to termini and train to airport. The apartment itself had comfortable matresses, hot water even after our 4th person showered, good hair dryer, heater worked great and funky small kitchenette with a great little fridge. Like most places in Italy make sure you have a grounded adapter if traveling from us to plug in your usb/smart gadgets. Theres no laundry but an awesome laundry mat is literally down the street and so easy to do all your wash at once if needed with quick drying (especially if it rains on you). There are multiple groceries Simply and Coop right there too to pick up biscuits, stuff for a caprese or a bottle of wine and two wonderful bakeries/pizza/bread spots are right there as well. Plus Open Baladin is like 4 doors away... my husband and son were very pysched on this place. We did a tour withlocals.com and got a great overview of trastevere local spots and had many amazing meals a short walk from our place right across the tiber - our favorite was sette oche. 5 days was far to short to even scratch the surface. You cant go wrong picking this apartment as theres no better spot to stay in - youll be right in the center of all the amazing Roman sites plus close to great food and just basic access to anything you might need.