It is possible to cook simple meals in the small kitchenette. The off-center Rome experience makes a nice change and there's plenty to satisfy in the local neighborhood. Via Alessandria is one street over, with a very good gelateria only a few minutes' walk, and the fresh market maybe 5 minutes away. Villa Borghese is fairly close and a good starting destination if you want to do a walk into Rome (from there on to Piazza Spagna, Trevi, Pantheon, Piazza Navone, etc.). Andrea is very friendly and helpful. He installed an extender while we were there so the wifi is now functional throughout. Be advised that, although the bedrooms are large, there is not much common space in the apartment but it is likely that you will be too busy out-and-about for this to matter much. One other piece of advice is that while the 38 bus does go to the Termini and the stop is only 2 minutes' walk, you may find it quicker to walk another 3-4 minutes up Via Nizza and catch either the 86, 92 or 360 from Via Salaria. One last thing is that I anticipate that at least some folks will enjoy the ritual of locking and unlocking the doors and steel shutters.