Alessia was friendly and helpful, the apartment lacks a toaster, oven, washer and dryer, but it is Rome, Italy not Toronto, Canada. Walking to the Metro (subway/underground "Cipro" Station) was about 10 minutes but the 77 down steps to lower steet and up on the way back, hard if you have groceries from the Carrafour market, I go to the gym daily at home but found it challenging, great for staying in shape. Since Rome is all hills, inclines, stairs, marble and cobblestone walkways, forget the fancy shoes and bring your nike's and plenty of bandaids if you plan on doing a lot of walking. Overall Alessia's place was very nice wth an outdoor terrace for morning coffee, a comfortable queen size bed and a fold out sofa bed in the living area.