Flora's apartment was in a very central location to all that Rome has to offer. Unfortunately, that's the only positive thing I have to say about the apartment. The main issue was a very pungent pickle smell (kimchee?) that permeated the entire first floor. We tried everything to get rid of the smell: opened the windows, left the range vent on...but nothing worked. We notified Flora but all she did was leave a can of air freshener for us - I'm not sure she could even smell the odor. It was VERY strong and, as a result, we spent the least amount of time possible in the apartment. We could not walk around barefoot because the floors were so dirty. The washing machine did not work. We put a load of laundry in before we went to bed one night, and we learned that we had to stay up with the washing machine to manually move the dial to send the washing process into the next stage. We had to stay up 3 hours for the load to finish! This would not have been an issue if we could have started the machine and let it complete the cycle but we had to manually operate the dial. As other reviewers have said, the shower is extremely small. My husband was a submariner, and even he thought the shower was small! There was no soap dish in the shower so you had to sit whatever you were using (soap, shampoo, etc.) in the bottom of the shower. However, the shower was so small, you had to open the door to bend over to retrieve said item! Also, the electrical outlets on the 2nd floor were old and outdated. I could not fit my converter in the outlet - I couldn't even fit the provided hair dryer's plug into the outlet. All in all, this apartment was a disappointment. It's a shame because it has great potential.