Andrea was a very welcoming host, escorting me in the lift to his fourth floor apartment which is really located near the Collosseum, Roman Forum etc and is so central to many others parts of Rome that I walked pretty much everywhere I wanted to go.

Whilst I enjoyed my time in the apartment as a retreat from the busy city, the hot water system unfortunately chose my week to be temperamental. It just wouldn't work when I wanted to take a shower.

Andrea was very responsive to my insistent request that there was a problem, but by the time we 'd worked out what was happening, my stay was almost over. Andrea was very apologetic, giving me a 10% refund and a very nice bottle of red wine to compensate me for my week of cold showers. I'm sure Andrea is getting it fixed as I type, ready for the next guest.

Otherwise, I was happy in the Colosseum View.