We loved staying here! The apartment was clean and just as it seems in the pictures with more than enough room for me and my boyfriend. Livia was quick to respond even though she wasn't in Rome at the time of our stay. Barbara met us there instead and, it's true, she speaks not one word of English but she was sweet as can be and did some excellent miming when needed to help us know everything from where to find blankets if we get cold to what to do if the power goes out.

The location of this place cannot be beat. As a first-timer to Rome, I debated back and forth about where to stay and as it turns out, this neighborhood was just perfect. The Pantheon is beautiful and I loved being able to walk by it to/from the apartment every day. We were so close to everything that it was easy to go back to the apartment in the middle of the day to rest our feet and make our plan for the evening. Plus, if you're going to stay by one major attraction in Rome, the Pantheon is it. It's free and when we went to the square first thing in the morning (after stopping by Tazza D'Oro for a chocolate croissant and cappuccino, of course), it was so much less crowded than the afternoons/evenings (we visited in late September/early October). That meant we got pictures in front of it with nobody else posing behind us :)

The only challenge we experienced while there was being able to consistently connect to the wifi...and we're relatively tech savvy. Part of this may be a product of how we like to travel (planning day-to-day rather than all ahead of time), as well as the devices we brought (cell phones without international data plans and a Macbook Air). There was an ethernet cord available but unfortunately the Air doesn't have that hook-up. The signal was fine at times and generally seemed better downstairs. It was frustrating since we were relying on it for directions, making reservations, etc, but a manageable first world problem. At the end of the day, we were in a beautiful apartment in the heart of Rome just steps from amazing food, rich history, and (very important) Giolitti. It doesn't get much better than that.