Our group of 10 (3 families- 6 adults, 4 kids) had a great 3 night stay. Plenty of room for everyone. Great location - within 5 to 20 minute walking range of all the major sites. Air conditioning units in each bedroom and common room so it was nice and cool to sleep at night. Elena and Paola were in constant communication before and during our stay. Helped us arrange transportation to the airport for departure. A few notes on the place: 1) the elevator is very tiny so it will take a little time to get your luggage up and down; 2) there is a washing machine but the clothes dryer was not working. But the washer wrings out clothes really well and they air dry pretty quick so it wasn’t a big deal to us
A few notes on Rome: 1) the Vatican is VERY crowded with long lines. Get tickets in advance of your trip. I bought a “private, skip the line guided tour” in advance of our trip (through Viator) but our group that was originally supposed to be 10 (under previous COVID rules), was 30 people. You still have to wait in line, although lines are shorter being in a guided tour than on your own. The church, museum and Sistine chapel were packed elbow to elbow with people, all in tour groups as well. They had windows open, but it was hot and stuffy. If you are doing this, bring extra water, drinks and snacks. You may even want to bring an umbrella for shade standing in line outside. 2) Colosseum/Roman Forum - get tickets in advance for this as well. We bought the combo ticket for the Colosseum/Forum/Palatine Hill. You only need a timed entry ticket for the colosseum, the other 2 sites you can visit whenever you want on that same day. I could only get an afternoon ticket time for the colosseum, so we did the Forum first thing in the morning, went back to the apartment for a break from the heat, and then back out again to see the colosseum. Highly recommend doing this - it would be a lot to cover all these sites at once in the summer heat.