Pina and her husband are natural hosts who take great pleasure in caring for their lucky guests, without being intrusive. The neighbourhood has several restaurants but we mostly ate at home, using the perfectly equipped and spotlessly clean kitchen. The 24 hour supermarket is immediately to the left of the metro exit and has an extensive range of fresh bread, meat, cheese, fruit and vegetables. If you turn right as exiting the metro, there is a tabacchi where you can buy metro tickets over the counter. The other half of the shop is a cafe with friendly staff who do a good espresso. In addition to all this you have an aqueduct in the back yard, the Appian Way is a short stroll down the street, and you will sleep in the most comfortable bed in Rome. Local shopkeepers were unfailingly patient with our non existent Italian - a far cry from tourist weary central Rome. We would particularly recommend a visit to Sotto Sopra for a great range of beers on tap, coupled with young, dedicated staff who made us very welcome. Ditto for the new, tiny pizza place in the main street -ask Pina for directions. When our road leads to Rome in the future, we will eagerly anticipate staying here again.