This apartment is lovely, and the location is AMAZING. The street outside is vibrant and lively, and you're only a block and a half from the Piazza de Santa Maria, which is an amazing place to sit with a bottle of wine and people-watch.

We loved being able to stick our head out the windows and watch people walk by all day and night -- and I've got to note that the sound-proofing on the windows is AMAZING. With several busy restaurants with outdoor seating right underneath the apartment, things can get LOUD on weekends... but you shut the windows and voila: near silence. Amazing!

We also loved that there was a grocery store less than 2 blocks away, with several small produce markets even closer. Also, the cafe just up the street is an amazing place for breakfast! SO many great food option within about 3 blocks... we ate non-stop for 7 days and still only managed to hit a tiny portion of them!

The apartment is freshly updated, with a great kitchen and bathrooms. We were a little confused by the stove, but we figured it out with a little fiddling.

Guests accustomed to luxury digs may be dismayed by the slightly run-down lobby of the building. Think of it as a security measure: no one seeing that lobby would expect the AMAZING apartment that awaits you upstairs!

Our party included a couple with a 3-year-old, and two singletons. The apartment felt quite generous for the five of us, and the 3-year-old loved the upstairs space with the washer and dryer.... as well as the patio area shared with other building tenants, where we line-dried our laundry.

My only warning is to watch out for the bed legs in the bedroom near the kitchen -- every single one of us hit our knees *HARD* the first several times we walked into the room. The bed placement is a bit tricky to maneuver around until you learn the hard/bruised way to swing very wide around the bed.

This is a tiny quibble, though -- this space is amazing, and the hosts were very helpful. They were apologetic about their limited English, but seemed quite proficient to us, and even helped us arrange our taxi to the airport. They were patient and accommodating when both our arrival AND departure times shifted by a few hours.

We loved this apartment and will definitely be back. If you want to be in the heart of Trastevere, the location really cannot be beat!!