My wife and I had a great time staying in Ester's and Andrea's place in Rome. Their apartment is absolutely stunning! From the Caravaggio paintings, to the lighting, to the floors - the apartment is a masterpiece. We walked to all the main tourist sites from the apartment with most sites within ten to fifteen minutes from the apartment. We even walked to the Colloseum but it was north of a thirty minute walk.
The apartment is extremely clean. We made sure to remove our sneakers and shoes at the door to keep it that way. The apartment is close to Piazza Navona but located in a street that is very quiet.
Ester provided us with a detailed orientation of the place, sites to visit and directions to a bus that took us to the airport for $6 Euros each! It is about a ten minute walk from the apartment and took less than an hour drive to arrive at the FCO airport.
Ester also so gave us a list of Italian restaurants patronized by the locals. We had dinner our last night at one of the restaurants she recommended - Fiammetta. The waiter did not speak English but the menu detailed the dishes in multiple languages and we were able to point at what we wanted to order. The locals were entertained watching us trying to communicate with the waiter. The wine, food, and dessert was excellent. We had the house red wine, cheese and vegetables for starters, pasta, and eggplant parmesan for the main course and tiramisu and creme desserts.
We noticed the difference between Fiammetta and other Italian tourist restaurants. Fiammetta is definitely the best restaurant we patronized in our trip to Rome. The restaurant is a few minutes walk from the apartment and opens at 7 p.m.
Thank you Andreas and Ester for making Rome such a memorable trip for me and my wife!