We stayed about five weeks at Raffaella's and while Monteverde is not particularly convenient to the city centre, it's only a 15-minute cab ride away and grocery stores, a few restaurants and a great neighbourhood café are close by. There's also a train station at the bottom of the street that will take you straight to Prati and Vatican City. Raffaella was both communicative and charming, and check-in was easy. The apartment was spotlessly clean, well-furnished and spacious — the perfect size for three of us — and we wanted for nothing. Best of all (and rare in Rome), it was quiet at night. We could have stayed happily for another five weeks.