We traveled to Rome in July and we were very pleased with our stay at this apartment. The pictures match the apartment and Max and Lavinia were wonderful host. I was trying to decide between this place and another and was very glad we choose Lavinia's place. The air conditioning was wonderful after walking around each morning. The best thing about this place was the location. We were able to wake up each morning walk around all morning seeing the sites, have lunch somewhere, then come back and rest during the hotest part of the day, and then go out and see more of the city for dinner. Location location location! We were able to walk everywhere. The walk to the vatican and St. Peters Square very easy maybe 10 minutes. The coluseeum was the furtherest walk and we did that in about 30 minutes. This apartment has a great guide book full of information not only about the apartment itself but also walking routes of seeing the sites. Lavinia is very personalable and offers all sort of recommendations that were very helpful. We arrived very late and we actaully met there friend Vicki who opened the apartment and explained the rules. She was very nice and extremely helpful even though it was almost 1am by the time we arrived.