Francesco was a great host. We loved the unit. The bathroom is quite small if you’re from the US but it was functional. There is a washer but no dryer (just fyi if you’re staying longer than a week) but there is a drying rack available. Bring your own iron and universal adapter to charge your phone and laptops or you’re out of luck. Great location if you are attending an event at the Marriott Park Hotel which we were. The location was perfect. It’s a hustle to get downtown to the Center where all the sightseeing happens, roughly $40 each way for the ride-it’s not per head which is great for groups. Then we finally figured out the bus and it’s about $3-$5 US, if that, per person round trip. You need a card to take the bus so initially you will need to take a 15 minute walk to the supermarket called Express (keep going right, not straight, every time you come to a fork in the road. It leads to a really nice shopping center). You get the bus pass there but the shopping center is not opened on Sundays (except the horse betting store) so plan well. Again the bus is not equipped to take cash or coins, just your card. It’s fifty cents to a dollar for the pass and it also works for the Metro within an hour of activating it on the bus so you can go to Termini station and start moving around downtown for about $1 each way. The stop you get off at is called Fermata (Baldelli). The stop home is San Pablo I believe. There was not a guide book so this information is important to help others navigate around without spending too much. The country is safe, even at night so moving about was fine. Lots of cops out all the time so you don’t feel threatened in any way. There are a lot of pickpockets in the tourists areas though so wear a strap pouch on your front person, not side or back. One of our comrade got his pockets thoroughly picked. There are lots of taxi stands to catch a cab around town. We did a 48 hour tour bus pass for $20 each (actual price is $20 a day per person, yes we got a deal) and hopped on and off at all the different tour stops around town for 2 days. There are designated workers all around town selling the passes in the street. They are also at the Metro station. I forgot the name of our tour bus, I think it’s called Tour Rome but it’s the only orange tour bus. There’s also Big Bus there as is in the States. It’s called Big Bus Rome. Lastly, there’s a bullet train at the Termini stop that takes you to other destinations in Italy if you have time and funds to explore. You can take the regular Metro directly to the airport from Temini Station also. We’ll be back to see how easy it is to tour the rest of Italy. Ohhhh if coming from the States, make sure to get internet from your wireless carrier so you can use your phone gps to find stores and get around.