A wonderful window on Rome for the week, we couldn’t have been more pleased with our perch at Ekaterina’s apartment for feel, location and comfort. Bright, fresh and stylish, with a brilliant vista over the piazza below, which was something out of Cinema Paradiso by night when we stayed, the site of a wonderfully atmospheric outdoor cinema. Brightened by produce stalls early morning and kids kicking footballs during the day, we felt instantly transported into the local groove. With a charming old school grocer’s on the side of the square (Drogheria Innocenzi, via Natale del Grande), 120-year-old formaggi specialist, renowned across the city, around the corner (Antica Caciara Trasteverina), top gelateria, Fatamorgana, down the road, plenty of great restaurants and Bar San Calisto, a local gem for cornetto and cappuccino first thing, a short walk away, it plays to all the romantic notions of dolce vita. We walked the city and loved this pad framing the day.