This was the fourth time I have stayed with Alessandro and have enjoyed all of them. Alessandro is a great host, always ready with recommendations for good shops, restaurants and sights to see both in the neighborhood and greater Rome.. If you just have to be able to step out your door and be confronted by an ancient ruin, then Garbatella is not for you. But the neighborhood is charming and a great place to unwind after a hard day's work sightseeing., being only a couple of Metro stops from the Colosseum.