Rafaella and her husband were so nice to us. For a reasonable fee, he picked us up at the airport and brought us to the flat, then he took us to the Vatican one morning since we had an early tour. He even called an Italian cab for us to get us to the train station since we didn't speak Italian AND he called to confirm it with them that morning!! What service :-)

The rooms in this flat are wonderfully spacious and my daughter loved the blue refrigerator! It was so nice to have milk that I could use in my coffee each morning and orange juice for my kids.

The place is IMMACULATE--I mean clean, clean, clean. The bathrooms are modern and well-stocked with shampoos, lotions, etc.

It is in such a nice neighborhood and we had a wonderful dinner at Shooters, recommended by Rafaella's husband. Even though it is is a steak place, the pizza and pastas are really good too. There is a taxi stand about 2.5 blocks away and the market across the street was perfect, even though we never cooked. We took a taxi from the stand to Travestere for dinner one night and it was only $12 for 4 of us. We walked to the Coliseum 3 days in a row for tours and a bike rental and it only took about 15-20 minutes each way. The only problem for us was that it was 96-103 degrees and humid while we were there in August. We so appreciated having an air-conditioned place to shower 2-3 times a day.

Of the 3 places we stayed in Italy on this trip, Rafaella's was family-voted as our top choice. I would highly recommend it.