The apartment is in a great location! Just a few minutes from the coliseum. We did not utilize the metro (stops were down for construction) or the bus but they seem easy enough to get along. We walked from the apartment to the Vatican (other side of the river) and back so it is a walkable city! 35,000 steps that day! Easiest way to get to other sites is down Via Del Corso (learn from us and save yourselves some steps!) Two great pizza recommendations - Da Francesco (BEST White pizza with ham) and Pata Pinsa (small hole in the wall with pizza on sort of a flat bread, again the ham one was amazing! If you have kids they even have a Nutella pizza!) We did utilize the free laundry service and appreciated it.