If location is your most important selection criteria in finding an apartment in Rome, this one has a fantastic location. It is right on the Piazza Barberini, across from the metro. If you walk towards the Spanish Steps and Piazza del Popolu, there are expensive shops and restaurants, and more reasonable restaurants can be found in the other directions. The Trevi Fountain is just a short walk away.

The apartment is small and true to the pictures you see, and it is well appointed and comfortable. We cooked a light dinner one night on the stove with no problem. We did hear noise from the piazza, but it wasn't too bad. Do expect a lot of light from the piazza; the owner would do well to put in solid curtains instead of just sheer.

The apartment has a very small washer, which came in very handy. We did a little load every night and hung up our things to dry.

Best Neighborhood Restaurant: Il Guardino del Albino, particularly the house appetizer platter & 2E house wine
Best Coffee & pastries: Botega Italia
Grocery Store: The Coop, on the way to the Trevi Fountain
Best Gelato: My kids were split between Blue Ice and White.
Transit: There's a taxi stand that seems to operate 24 hours a day across the piazza, plus the metro. Plus, the Hop on Hop Off tourist bus stops literally right out front.

One caution. My husband is an engineer. Upon arrival, he inspected the support for the loft, and it made him very, very nervous. The loft is supported by a single beam smaller than a 2x4. We are not large people, but the loft would flex significantly if we stepped in the middle, so I tried to get off the bed on the end. The loft is also short: I am 5'8" and bumped my head a few times. I am sure it has held up a long time without collapsing, but if I were a large person I would not want to be sleeping up there... or worse yet, be the person underneath.