My wife, our five years daughter and I spent the last two weeks of September in Rome. Was a "last-minute" booking (we booked in July) and as a result the available rental options were relatively limited. We ended up staying at Manuela's apartment which is located few steps away from Piazza Navona.

Being strategically located, most of the main attractions described in any typical Rome travel guide were within walking distance. We did not use public transportation but we did use a taxi few times. There is no subway station in close proximity of the Navona square. However there are plenty of restaurants and cafés to choose from, an excellent ice cream shop not to be missed (Frigidarium), a Carrefour Express and a small grocery shop, all within less than five minutes walking distance.

The apartment itself is located on the second floor of an old building. No elevator but this wasn't an issue even for our daughter...! The living room and one of the two existing bedrooms are facing Via di Santa Maria dell Anima; the windows of the second bedroom are facing an interior court. Via di Santa Maria is quite noisy - especially during the night: there are two restaurants and a bar literally next door and the noise coming from them will keep awake most of the people...! The fun usually goes on until around 1:30am and it is not unusual for some impromptu parties to continue in front of the restaurant for another hour! Unfortunately the windows of the apartment did not provide much sound isolation and this may be an issue for some people.

The kitchen is quite small and the table that is in there cannot be really used for more than two people. There is an old stove that works fine, a fridge and a washing machine. No dryer, dishwasher or microwave. The washing machine saw better days and we could not get it to work properly. After two hours of tumbling our cloths were not rinse properly and the centrifuge simply refused to work! Manuela said that she is going to have someone check it out.

The bathroom is a bit dated, however it is functional. We did not have any issues with the hot water and managed to bath our daughter in the bathtub.

The apartment has a good Wi-Fi network that did not give us any problems at all!

Manuela had the towels and bed sheets changed at the end of our first week.

All in all, the apartment is in a good location, lots of space in two bedrooms and a large living room, functional kitchen and bathroom. The main issues for us were the street noise (bring some good earplugs with you!) and the washing machine.