Our stay at Barbara's apartment was perfection! The apartment is exactly as shown in the pictures - except it's even prettier in person! It smells quite lovely as well. It was impeccably clean. She provides brochures and cards for her recommended restaurants, but also offered detailed advice on her favorite restaurants(and pointed them out on the map for us). She actually gave us a map, and circled all the significant spots for us to to visit. The apartment is in the most ideal location in the city - just minutes walking distance to everything you could want to see during your stay! The Vatican was less than a 10 min walk down the street! There's a supermarket across the street, several cafes and tobacco shops just a couple minutes walk away as well. The apartment is on the ground floor, which is so nice after a full day of touring the city. There's a bus station and taxi stand around the corner as well - literally anything you could want, need, or think of, is moments away. Even with the central location - the apartment is very quiet and dark at night - so you're not woken up with the rising sun, and you're not woken up by noisy neighbors or loud pedestrians - it's quite impressive!
Barbara is also incredibly helpful. She kept in touch via Whatsapp on my phone - which was accessible due to the portable wifi device she provided us! WOW was that an amazing convenience to have!! She is a prompt communicator and is willing to answer any questions you may have. She coordinated a private car to pick us up from the airport (he was there when we landed, even though our flight was early) for 35 EU. For an extra 5 EU (it's 30 EU by taxi) you have the comfort and convenience of a private car to and from the airport - it's well worth it. When we checked out, she was lenient on check out time, which was very generous. We scheduled check out at 1030, but luckily her brother-in-law was a little early, which was nice, since we were ready for him when he arrived! The car was there at that time as well, again, well worth the extra 5EU.
I can't imagine staying anywhere else in Rome - I will recommend her apartment to anyone who travels there!
Thank you Barbara! I hope we can come back to stay again!