on a whim, and last moment, mid pandemic and in the heat of august, we decided to go to rome -- and, like magic, we somehow stumbled across andrea's place to rent. its pricy, but its also not like any other airbnb i have ever been too -- andrea responded and helped out with absolutely everything we needed, including finding us a last minute great guide to the city and a safe parking place for our car piled with bags; roberto welcomed us in person to the flat with a big smile and made us feel at home , and as for alessandro, the in-house chef, i could wax poetic about him for long paragraphs. make sure to have him make dinner one night. the kids still discussing the finer points of his amatriciana. the place is terrific, the locations perfect (go out for drinks and pizza in monti) and basically, was a treat.