Book it! The apartment is lovely, stylish, clean and had everything we needed. Andrea is the best at communicating and offered information and options for getting to the apartment that wasn’t expected. He actually booked a limo for us from the airport to his door, which after an 18 hour travel day to a huge foreign city was a wonderful relief! Not to mention the cost being about the same as a taxi.
The best thing about it was location!!! One block from the Colosseum, 2 or 3 from the Forum and Palatine Hill. Surrounded by wonderful restaurants, and all the sights, sounds, and smells of Rome. It was wonderful to sit down and have a delicious meal at an outdoor restaurant 200 feet from your room while looking at the Colosseum a block away. We found everything we needed within a block also - groceries, cash machine, money exchange, taxi, the metro, wonderful food, singing waiters (the place on the corner after leaving the building to the right), and more.
Despite the busy, vibrant neighborhood, you enter your very secure building, take the cute lift to the 4th floor and you’re at peace. Great air conditioning! It was hot outside for us and we loved coming back to a cool quiet sanctuary after a long day of sightseeing.
If we ever come back to Rome it would be difficult not to stay at the Gladiator’s House.