The apartment was in an amazing location....a one minute walk to the Tiber river and 10inute walk to St. Peter's as well as the Pantheon. We walked everywhere. There was no need to take the bus. The apartment is small for 4 adults but it was fine since we were only there to sleep at night. We were not able to meet Alessandro but the housekeeper was there to let us in. Alessandro was easy to reach by phone when we had a few questions.