This apartment is located in the best possible neighborhood, the sixth ricione of Rome, one tiny cobbled street away from the Via Gulia. Although close to everything -- you can walk to all the sights (Rome is very walkable) -- this is a real neighborhood, where real Romans live, work and roam the streets. Even though this was my 8th visit to Rome, there are some places I always like to return to -- Palatine Hill, the Borghese Gardens, some museums, etc. -- and I walked to all of them.
I spent a month here and if I could have, I would have asked to stay another month. Everything you could possibly want is five minutes away: restaurants, cafés, the Campo del Fiori, where you can buy fresh vegetables and fruit, cheese, flowers, etc., a wine shop, a gelato shop, even a great hairdresser in a tiny back street -- the list goes on and on. Tiny shops where artisans sell their work, from jewelry to ceramics to leather, abound.
In an earlier review, someone mentioned that the water pressure was so poor she could not rinse her hair. This is not accurate. While the bathtub takes awhile to fill, it is a pleasure to have a bathtub and the hot water never runs out. More to the point about the low water pressure: I have long, thick hair. It was no problem to wash/rinse my hair because the showerhead attachment has many settings, one of which provides very good water pressure.
The hosts -- I met the whole family, father, mother and son -- are wonderful. They are kind and responsive. Daniele, the son, is the primary contact but they all helped me out at various times, Enrico even driving over with a pocket wifi one evening, for example, when I was having wifi connectivity issues (because I need steady wifi for work purposes -- the regular wifi always worked but sometimes lapsed which required an on/off).
This is an ideal apartment for one or two people: there is one very large room with a comfortable bed and couch, a full kitchen, and a full bathroom. The very large, furnished garden patio would be a delight in warmer weather -- you’d really live out there in warm weather. (My stay was mid October to mid November, so I didn’t really get to take advantage of that space.)
My only wish was for a comfortable chair in the living area -- two such chairs with a side table between them would really add to the comfort of the living space. There is plenty of space.
I would definitely stay here again. If one day I can move to Rome, I would want an apartment in this neighborhood.