What a very nice host and apartment. You are greeted with a bottle of very good wine and smiles:) Because they are the owners of this spacious apartment, great care and pride are taken. Amenities are beyond our expectations: laundry and dishwasher detergent, paper towels, coffee and filters, all kinds of condiments. There is a nice clothes hanger line outside the large kitchen window, the nice breeze from the ocean dries clothes quickly leaving them with a fresh smell. If it rains, on top of having lots of places to hang things inside, she has a large frame hanger too. Everything works great in this apartment: solid in wall safe to put passports and valuables in, very nice appliances throughout, hot water, air conditioning is excellent. Each bedroom has a nice balcony to sit and have a morning coffee and evening cocktail as you look out to the Saint Giovanni church. Televisions in each bedroom with all kinds of movies and stations. The street is a quiet, one lane, oneway-so great sleeping, no need for ear plugs. Nice double pane windows that ventilate the whole apartment with the ocean breeze. Daylight shines thru out this apartment even in the spacious bathrooms which both have huge walk in showers! The outside of the building is maintained nicely, the entrance is very clean with beautiful Italian marble floors, the elevator is fun when we treated ourselves but we needed the clean stairs because of our 9 night stay to keep healthy! Nice and very safe area-nice grocery store right across the street, cafés, restaurants, pizza stops(grab a slice or take home). Great shopping that my adult daughters and I loved. The public transportation is excellent, just make sure you quickly get on and off the buses and subway-the drivers don't wait nor do the doors. Don't ask the bus drivers questions, I found them to be the grouchiest in all of Rome-everyone else are nice. Bus stop is steps to the right outside the apartment door, subway a few minutes to walk to. Walking Rome is awesome, please take comfortable shoes, the cobblestone walks are old so make sure you pay attention to your steps-not the place for pretty shoes ladies(only when you go out for evening dinners:). The history is unbelievable-visit the churches, the art that they display and architecture are of the most beautiful in the world plus it is a quiet and cool place to sit while still site seeing. If you book a stay with Raffaella's home, you will not be disappointed. She gives you great information, ideas and directions plus she is a phone call away if you need her assistance. Instead of paying and dealing with taxis at the airport, Raffaella's husband transported us which gave us great confidence in our stay-I'm not sure if they want to have that as a extra business. Kudos to Airbnb for scoring a top knock host.