Gabriella is LOVELY, so friendly, she genuinely cares about her guests, is so proud and knowledgeable about Rome and is so helpful it feels as though you are staying with a friend.
When we arrived in Rome we thought we would walk to the apartment from the train station (Termini), it actually only takes 15 minutes and on the other times we walked it was fine but on this day the heavens opened and we got utterly drenched. Gabriella came round and immediately got out the clothes horse and started helping us sort ourselves out and plan our stay. She has maps in her apartment and gave us one to take around with us, she showed us how to get onto the underground to travel to the Vatican and which things we should walk to and which we shouldn't. Even before we arrived I said I was overwhelmed with the amount of information online so she sent me links to the official websites for tickets to the Vatican and the Coliseum (if you've not been to Rome, I'd suggest booking tickets to both of those for separate days as they are on opposite sides of the city but before and after visiting them just wandering around seeing all the glorious sights - you can't really go more than a few metres without seeing something spectacular). There were a couple of incidents in Rome while we were there, we hadn't noticed anything going on but Gabriella texted to check we were ok as she had obviously heard about them (Roma were playing).
There are 2 very spacious bedrooms, one double, one twin, very comfortable beds, plenty of storage space for all your belongings, a lovely big kitchen with a sofa and dining table, plus a shower room. The apartment is in a block of flats and all the neighbours are lovely, Gabriella used to live in this apartment herself and knows them all, she knows all the local restaurants and the ones we visited had gorgeous food, fabulous hospitality and amazing prices so you can't go wrong. You can walk to the train station or to the underground easily enough, the white cabs are the ones you need to use to get around and they only charged us 9Euros to get back to our apartment from the Trevi Fountain at 11 at night so its pretty easy to get around without spending a fortune.
I'd thoroughly recommend Gabriellas apartment and Gabriella as a host, you can't go wrong, thanks for having us :)