Luca and Nicole were excellent hosts - communicative, friendly and helpful. Communication before we arrived was very good; they answered all our questions promptly and gave us accurate directions to the apartment. They were also accommodating of the fact one member of our group arrived first and wasn't sure about about her arrival time - it all went very smoothly, helped along by the fact that they are located in the same building, which is also pretty handy. They also let us leave our bags after check-out until out evening flight. Given that our experience trying to book a place to stay in Rome had already been a bit fraught (the first owner had asked us to pay an extra cash fee on top of the AirBnB tariff, which we refused to do and the second canceled our booking at short notice), the fact that they were such delightful hosts was extra welcome.

The apartment is a basic, old-style Rome apartment, but very spacious and has a place to sit in the kitchen. There's also a great terrace upstairs, though of course we were too busy exploring Rome to really take advantage of this. The area is not very interesting per se, but very close to the main railway station and the more fashionable area of Monti and some good restaurants are just a short walk away.