My husband and I were visiting Rome to visit friends at the American Academy and this apartment was a very short walk from them. The neighborhood was lovely. The apartment was quiet, clean and very comfortable. We liked it enough to recommend it to our friends who have family visiting later in the year.
That said, I would not recommend this for first-time visitors as it is a bit removed. We have been to Rome multiple times before and have already seen the major sites, so being away from the city center was fine for us. We also like to walk a lot on vacation, so found the up-hill hike to be good daily exercise.