The best thing about Milena’s place is the location. The flat is 10 minute walk from Roma Ostiense, which is quite handy if you come from Fiumicino Airport as you can take a train from the airport to Ostiense (it takes about 45 minutes). It’s also near some of the main sites like the Circo Maximo and the Colosseo. It’s a 25 min walk to the Circo Maximo, we did that on our first day and we really enjoyed the walk. The river is not far either.
Regarding the neighbourhood, the flat is next to Testaccio a really trendy area with great restaurants and bars. You also have the Mattatoio a Modern Art Museum and 2 lovely cemeteries: the Non-Catholic cemetery of Rome (where Gramsci is buried) and the Rome War cemetery.
There’s a great pizza place downstairs, Pizza Luigi. If you stay at Milena’s you must go: the pizzas are amazing and cheap!
We had a lovely stay and would recommend the flat.