I’m giving this apartment a five star review but there is a caveat. The host, Mauro, is incredible in every way. Not only did he consistently reach out to me before my trip here with so many ideas of things to do, but he met me in front of the apartment and helped me carry up my luggage. He is a totally cool guy! The apartment itself is super neat! It has a great balcony and beautiful light everywhere and the bathroom is enormous. It’s just a very happy place to be located.
My caveat, is that if this is your first time traveling to Rome, you need to be very good with using the public transportation system because the neighborhood of Pigneto is not terribly close to all of the touristy stuff in Rome. And the metro station closest to Pigneto down twice on my trip, So you need to familiarize yourself with the bus system and the tram system. If you’re cool with that then great but it still takes about 40 minutes to an hour to get downtown sometimes involving multiple transfers. The neighborhood itself is up-and-coming… I had heard it was like Brooklyn and New York but I would say it’s more like queens. There’s not a terrible a lot of stuff to do here but it’s a true Roman neighborhood and there are not a lot of tourists around so if you want to experience a real environment then this is a great place to be.