Great apartment, very clean, and located in an awesome, down-to-earth, student-centric neighborhood. It is very close the main train station (Termini) and also has a good bus line a couple of blocks away. The neighborhood (San Lorenzo) gives you a great chance to experience local Rome life away from the tourists. There are great restaurants nearby (try Formula 1, Pizzeria Sanlollo, and La Mucca Bischera). But keep in mind all of the classic Roman attractions will be a 15-minute bus ride away.

Definitely bring earplugs since the neighborhood has many bars and folks are out and about until very late at night (and the garbage trucks are very loud in the early mornings). The host was very nice and accommodating -- he brought us two fans when we requested them because it is very warm in the apartment during summer (and has no A/C). The host also left us a local mobile phone in case we needed to get in touch with him so that we wouldn't waste money on a call -- very nice!

The only big drawback for us was not having internet access. The host provides the network password for a wi-fi network nearby but the connection is very bad and intermittent. And there is no access to open, unlocked networks anywhere in the apartment.