Our host was wonderful! She made us feel so welcome and gave us orientation to her place and suggestions of where to go! She greeted us with some sparkling water, which was so sweet! Her place was cute and we LOVED the air conditioner!!!! It was so hot in Rome that summer so this was extremely helpful!
The neighborhood was a little rough but we did walk around at night and were safe. The train station is not too far from her place too so that was nice.