Maria's apartment was great for our stay in Rome! Trastevere is a very charming neighborhood, but is very overrun by tourists in some places. This apartment is very close to restaurants etc., but far enough that it felt like a real neighborhood - exactly what we wanted. The market at Piazza di San Cosimato is very close and had fantastic produce and delicious fish! There's a tram that's ridiculously close by, but it only goes as far as Piazza Venezia, which is an easy walk, so we actually never took the tram. Slight negative, we did hear plenty of road noise from Viale Trastevere, but we closed windows and used the a/c in ventilation mode, and that took care of the noise for us. The apartment itself is surprisingly big and very well appointed - the kitchen is especially nice, we cooked dinner a few nights (even baked fish in the convection oven!) and it was fantastic. Furniture is basic modern stuff, but the wallpaper was snazzy, and it's slightly underfurnished so there was plenty of space for our stuff. The bathroom warned that hot water might not be plentiful, but we had absolutely no problem on that front. I didn't get to meet Maria personally but her cleaning lady met us at the apartment, and she was helpful and answered all our questions. Overall we were very happy with the apartment and would definitely recommend it as a great home base in a beautiful and fascinating city!