We had a really lovely stay at Rita and Fabio's Pettinari home. It is in an ideal situation to see all the sites with the Colosseum a 20 minute walk in one direction and the Vatican a similar distance in the other direction. It's also a 5 minute walk to the Campo de Fiori with all its restaurants and bars, and 2 minutes from the Ponte Sisto bridge which leads you to the picturesque Trastevere area with more lovely places to eat and drink. We had a great time just wandering around the cobbled streets. The apartment itself is very well equipped with tea, coffee, biscuits/pastries, yoghurts, toiletries and a bottle of wine which was much appreciated. Though if you needed to stock up there's a Spar shop next door and a very good Gelato shop almost opposite. It also has satellite TV and an ipod dock, Rita has thought of everything. Last but not least they offer to pick you up from the airport for almost half the price of a taxi and they are both lovely welcoming people. We would definitely come back if luck enough to visit Rome again,

Claire and Ade