Giuliano met us at the front and welcomed us in. He showed us the place, the amenities, the ins and outs, and left his phone number and got our temporary Italian local numbers just to keep in touch. My traveling companion's first comment on walking in was, "It looks exactly like the photo and how I thought it would look!" Beautiful one-bedroom with balcony that overlooks an ancient Roman marketplace and the Tiber River. ("Trastevere" actually means tras = across, tevere = Tiber river). It was an ideal location and we each got our own set of keys. Monica and Giuliano made sure we had coffee, sugar, honey, and marmalade, so when we returned with fresh breads, pastries, prosciuttos and fromaggios from the local stores up the street, we were all set! We loved staying at Peppe House because of 1) Monica and Giuliano, 2) location, and 3) location! We never forgot for a moment that we were in Rome, but Trastevere was its own unique neighborhood that ended up being a fabulous walk or short bus/tram ride to one of several bridges that spanned the Tiber and took us directly into downtown. We both walked downtown and took public transportation, and we also walked to Vatican City one beautiful day! One of the bridges leads directly in the Old Jewish Quarter with some of the most consistently best food in Rome (don't miss Piperno and La Vecchia Roma - both a little challenging to find, but oh so worth the trips!)