This was a fantastic apartment for our family of 5 -- a great space for us to all spread out and still be together. Matteo's lovely mother Paola welcomed us to the apartment and showed us around. There was a stocked fridge with breakfast items (for both Italian and American breakfasts :-) -- a very nice touch! Also a Nespresso machine and milk frother -- essential. It was so helpful to be able to have breakfast before we left the apartment; we were very grateful for this thoughtful touch.

And on returning from a long day of sightseeing, the jacuzzi was terrific. It took a while to fill but was worth it!

The apartment is well located; a little tricky to find at first but nice and central. There are three separate bed areas (minimum; not sure if a couch also folded out as we didn't need it) so the kids had their own space but we could still easily communicate with them. The loft area is adorable, on its own but part of everything. It did get a little warm at night and we adults kept bumping our heads but the kids loved it. Two bathrooms was more than we needed but very nice to have.

Matteo checked in on us during our stay and Paola was also available for questions. In fact after we checked out, Matteo let us leave our bags in the apartment until mid-day when we came back from a last gelato and Paola called us a cab to the train station.

Before the trip, I had been worried about listings that allowed smoking as some of us have allergies but you'd never know someone smoked here if anyone ever had. It wasn't an issue at all.

We were there to see Rome not to sleep in so early morning sounds were fine with us but there was some construction work one of the mornings and morning prayers at a nearby mosque another. Neither took away from our enjoyment of this lovely apartment. I would highly recommend it!