This apartment has everything you need. Aircon, so that you can survive the summer heat; Wifi so you can annoy your friends with pictures of your holiday whilst they're working; and a washing machine so that you smell decent for the locals. BUT the real feature of this apartment is the beautiful terrace where you can soak up the rays and pretend that you really do live in Italy.

The bed does dip a little in the middle, but it just means that you get to know the person you're travelling with a little better and you do have to time your showers so that you're not competing with other residents for water pressure, but the apartment is clean and everything works, so there's nothing really to complain about.

Down the street is the metro to most of the attractions, or you could simply walk once you get your bearings. You're just around the corner from the Colosseum and down the street from the Roman Forum which is near the Altare Della Patria and so on. It's like connect the dots tourism - there's so much to see so close to each other that we frequently walked back and forth to the Trevi Fountain from the apartment.

We never actually met Michele face to face, but he was always very helpful via email and Mrs Gida who showed us in told us everything that we needed to know on the first day anyway! Great apartment experience!