I felt so at home at Paola's wonderful apartment. Paola was incredibly welcoming and kind, and helped me to learn a bit of Italian! The air conditioning was a huge plus after walking around in the heat all day and everything was perfectly clean. The location is a 1 min walk to the Arco di Travertino bus and metro stations. In general I found Rome's public transit to be a bit of a struggle right now if you want to get to certain neighborhoods (Trastevere, Testaccio) but the metro is enough to get to all the most popular spots (usually about 20 min plus a bit of walking).