When we arrived in Rome, the apartment we had reserved was not available due to a maintenance issue. Claudia notified us that she would put us in a larger apartment in the same area, and offered to have a family member pick us up at Fiumicino for 80 Euros and deliver us to the door, which worked out great for our group of 7.

Claudia was at the apartment waiting to meet us, and we found her to be an exceptionally personable and gracious host. She gave us keys, showed us how to work the air conditioning, and made sure all our questions were answered. She also offered to have the same family member drive us in the van to Civitavecchia when we departed for a fee, but we had already made other arrangements.

Oh... and the listing said there was no wifi, but there is! We asked Claudia about this and she said she has wifi in all of her airbnb apartments because vacationers always want wifi... and it worked great!

We chose this apartment because of its location near the Vatican, and we were not disappointed. It is about a 10 minute walk to St. Peter's square and there was a bus stop right out front of the apartment, so access to the rest of Rome was easy. We also found a full service laundromat about 5 minutes walk which was reasonably priced. There were plenty of small pizzeria restaurants nearby, and a couple of nicer restaurants, though we chose to take the bus to the center of Rome to have dinner each night. The bus ride took 30-40 minutes, including waiting and 1 transfer, and a cab on the way back was 7-10 Euros and about a 10 minute ride.

Overall we were very pleased with our stay, would definitely recommend this apartment, and would like to thank Claudia for being such a gracious host.