Our hosts were very helpful and organised taxis to and from the airport upon our arrival and departure from Rome airport. At 50 Euros each way for four of us, I thought it was money well spent and avoided us having to cart suitcases onto trains and around the metro.

The apartment itself was lovely - immaculately clean, well decorated and contained everything we needed. The outside space on the roof terrace was also very pleasant and a nice place to sit in the evening.

The time of year - early August proved to be very hot, which we were expecting, but as a consequence the walk (a good 10/15 minutes) along a busy dual carriageway was not a great experience to get to the Cornelia metro station.

There was nothing of interest in the immediate vicinity, that we discovered in our short stay. Although I would thoroughly recommend the pizzeria at the end the road (via Alibrandi) - it was really excellent and very reasonable.

Once on the metro however, which was easy to navigate, it was only a short ride into the centre of Rome & the Vatican City. One thing to mention at the moment the A line metro stops it's service at 9.30pm, with replacement buses apparently (which we didn't use). How long this will continue I don't know, but it's worth checking to make sure when the service finishes - we had a couple of near misses when trying to catch the final train.

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the apartment, just be aware in the hotter weather (36 degrees +), the metro station walk was a bit of a challenge, if you don't want to hang around hoping to catch a bus to the station.