LOCATION LOCATION, great place of Alessandro, 5 min walk from the Colosseum, just one street over and you see it ! Felt very safe in the apartment and neighboorhood, I was traveling alone, with my 2 teenage kids.Up the street 2 blocks, (one New York block :), is the Supermarket Conad that has everything you need , went there every morning to pick up eggs and fresh rolls etc. Everything else like the Trevi Fountain is a 20 min walk thru the very nice neighborhoods of Rome City or a quick ride with the metro, $1.50 a person, round trip cheaper, a 3 min walk, you pass the Ciuri Ciuri Cafe on your way, $1.50 take away, like the italians say, or $1.20 inside for a cappuchino !! Where do you get that ....very friendly too. Also Fata Morgana, another tip on Allessandros well made list, is a ice cream shop in the neighborhood, took a daily stroll there and realxed outside taking in the neighboorhood with an italian ice cream.... Mapquest it and take a screenshoot to look at the picture to find it while you walk.
Also my personal tip, we booked the Colosseum online, well worth it , line was out the door.... if it had doors. I did not book the Vatican Museeum online, because of their fees..., was okay too, for European Passports it is only Euro 8.- for the kids and Euro 17.- for adults, the ticket scouts outside in the streets wanted Euro 91.- for the 3 of us, no waiting, but I live in Florida, I wait 2-3 hours in line at Disney for 2 minute ride...that does not scare me :), so we went on a friday morning, 2 min walk to metro, at 8.30 am, crammed... oops some peolple work..., got there on the 3rd try, at 8.50 and waited 1 hour in the shade at the vatican wall, the Mueseum includes the entrance to the Basilika to the paitings of Michael Angelo, dress appropiatly or rent a cover up inside for Euro 3, some people I talked to said they prefer to pay the full price, for us it was about saving Euro 60.- .