Barbara's apartment was in one of the best areas of town. Lots of local bars and restruants and not many tourists at all, but so close to all the attractions, especially the Colosseum. We had all the restruants we could need within a 1 minute walk. The apartment it's self was well sized and had all of the basics you would need for a stay and lovely furniture. Her brother greated us as she was unavailable and he was informative and helpful. Only thing we could note was the shower in the main bedroom could do with being fixed as it mostly sprayed against the wall but the other shower worked fine. We would stay at Barbaras place again if we return to Rome.