Highly recommend this apartment: perfect for a long weekend exploring Rome and I’m pretty sure you could happily stay here for longer trips too.

The apartment is really nice: spotlessly clean and thoughtfully furnished and decorated. The owner, Caterina, is a designer and that really shines through as the apartment is colourful with loads of great pictures on the walls and nice touches which gives the place character. At the same time its practical: there’s a good little kitchen which is well equipped so if you want to, you could cook there (as it was we stuck to making tea and coffee and took advantage of the great restaurants nearby). Even though its in the heart of Trastevere its quiet at night so we slept very well, and we also found the neighbours friendly: we met the guy who looks after all the plants in the stairwell of the building.

The location is fantastic, the apartment is in the heart of Trastavere so you are in a beautiful area of Rome with lots of picturesque old streets and good places to eat: its a great area to come back to after a day sightseeing. The apartment is also only a few minutes walk from the Tiber so we were able to get up early and go for a run along the river. You can easily walk into the centre of Rome from here - 30 minutes walk can take you all the way to the Trevi fountain - so we didn’t need to bother with public transport all weekend. Also found it pretty easy getting to the flat from the airport: there’s a train from Fiumicino airport to Trastevere station, and then its just a few stops on the tram.

Finally, Catrina and her mother Gabriella were lovely hosts. Both were really responsive to messages and made sure we knew how to get to the flat, and as Catrina was out of town Gabriella came and met us when we arrived and were leaving and gave us good recommendations of local restaurants and shops to try out. We also really appreciated the delicious oranges which were waiting for us (plus the tea, coffee and biscuits): perfect after a long journey.