The cross breeze, y'all. Open the windows on both sides of the apartment and bask in that cool evening cross breeze. Mm-mm-mm!
We loved this apartment and its neighborhood, Monti. And Luca gave us fantastic recommendations for deviating from The Tourist's Checklist For Rome, and instead discovering what current Romans love about their city.
A tip a friend gave me before we left for Italy: to really enjoy Italy, *respect the siesta.* Italians don't really have a "siesta" the way the Spaniards do, but businesses shut down for a couple hours in the hottest part of the day (15:00 - 17:00 or so) and everyone goes home for lunch and maybe a short nap. This apartment was a great spot to do this from. It's centrally located, but on a quiet street. It stays cool in the middle of the day, if you remember to shut the windows before you leave in the morning (it's like a cool little cave to come back to in the middle of the hot day). If you really wanna turn up your midday relaxation, draw a cool bath and soak away your morning sweat in the jacuzzi tub!
Then, before you head back out to explore Roma in the evening, open all those windows. A nice breezy apartment will be waiting for you when you're done for the day!