My wife and spent 4 nights at Roberto's apartment in Rome. The location is within a few blocks of the Vatican and very convenient for touring this part of the city. Remaining tourist attractions are within easy walk, bus ride or metro.

You can read the positive reviews and comments about Roberto and multiply them by 100. He was a terrific host. He contacted us promptly when we initially made our inquiry and was prompt with replies throughout the booking process and during our stay. The apartment is a very well maintained and attractive one bedroom apartment, with living room, bathroom, dining room/kitchen and laundry area. Walk up is one flight of stairs or elevator and the flight of stairs was easy to maneuver. We never took the elevator. The apartment has a separate AC unit in both the living room and the bedroom and they both worked very well. Having a washing machine was a big plus. Bathroom has a full size tub with shower.

Roberto met us upon our arrival from the airport and showed us the apartment. Everything was clean and ready for occupancy. He had supplied a wonderful display of fresh baked gourmet cookies (from his pastry shop), a bottle of wine, bottles of water and juices and a basket of fresh fruit. He provided these items as a welcoming gift. Over the years we have stayed in rental by owner apartments across Europe and Asia and know the difference between those that view you as a guest and those that view you as a transaction. Roberto truly cares about his guests. We had a minor challenge with opening the drainage plug in the bathtub and Roberto came over the same day to address the problem.

We asked for restaurant recommendations and he gave three terrific recommendations, one of which we went to on 3 occasions during our 5 days in Rome.

Roberto owns and operates a pastry shop a few storefronts from the entrance to the apartment building which was extremely convenient should the need arise to stop in and ask a question, etc. He also arranged for a taxi to pick us up on departure day vs. our having to walk to the end of the block to find a cab.

We HIGHLY recommend staying at Roberto's apartment.