This little, but very charming appartment ( approx. 20 min. By bus to old city) with a parking lot just right in front of the app. Felt to me like a small oasis. Nicely cared for plants and flowers and a well equiped terrace with a table for 4 and a suncair under a big umbrella. The moskitos seemed to be very hungry for German blood. In the morning we had the chance to prepare our own breakfast and sit outside. Our host were very sweet and helpful. To find our way with public transportation it would have been helpful to have a map or handwritten Information. Rome surprised us very much, with its nice streets and lots of trees and space. The air was really bad, very smogged and due to some fires very smoky and burned our eyes. The Collosseum, basilicas and a big variety of old houses and churches were very crowded and dirty. Maybe because in August it is the time for summervacation in this city and outside the tourist centers aprox. 80 % of all shops were closed. The history of the city was everthing between being the center and not existing anymore. You can almost say lost in history and not yet found its place and balance today.