We were met by TWO people - Ilaria's father and her friend. They showed all we needed to know and were very welcoming and helpful.
The apartment was just as it looked in the photographs - amazing!!! It was really the star of our Rome stay. What you can't see in the photos is that each bedroom has its own double doors opening straight on to the roof terrace - just wonderful!
We used all of the sitting areas at different times - the terrace under the parasol when it was sunny, the table on the terrace for breakfast, and the glass room on the cooler evenings, which was very cosy with the curtains drawn and the candles lit.
Ilaria left us a snack which was very welcome on our arrival, and there was soap and shower gel provided, as well as TWO hairdryers, one in each bathroom.
Two minutes' walk down the road is a little grocery shop that is open till 23:00 every evening and sells everything you may need. There are also three restaurants, (which we didn't try,) and a pizzeria which had lovely pizza.
We walked almost everywhere and crossed by St Peter's every day, but there are buses near by, the metro being a little further away. We found a lovely little food market alongside Via del Crocifisso, not ten minutes' walk from the apartment, which was packing up about one-ish, but bought wonderful cheese and salami and salad from friendly stall holders.
This was a fabulous place to stay. Ilaria kept in touch and came to meet us on the day we left, (she was on a course when we arrived and couldn't meet us,) and she called our taxi for us.
All in all, an amazing stay! Thank you Ilaria!