We had a lovely time at Federica's place last week (Feb 2018). She kindly came to meet us at the apartment very late at night on Sat to let us in. The apartment is brilliant - spacious and cosy (very welcome given how cold it was outside) and equipped with everything you need to get started (tea/coffee, lots of towels and flannels, games, dvd player, wifi etc). Its a great location - just by the Vatican and metro (Cipro). We couldnt have found a better place for a family to stay in Rome. Thank you Federica! Katie, Andy and girls.
Couple of little tips.
We found a good supermarket one road back from the Vatican (Via Sebastian Veneiro) and a lovely Pizza and pastry shop (Felizani) just down Via Candia which sells great pizza by weight!
The kids loved the simple lift - but note that you have to shut both doors to make it work after using it (we had left the inner one open and caused an elderly neighbour to have to walk up to the 3rd floor which we felt very bad about). Also there is button on the left at the bottom of the stair well that opens the gate into the courtyard - useful as we only had one set of keys.