Silvana is the hostess with the mostest! We cannot be more grateful to her for making our Roman holiday such a remarkable experience. She and her charming husband met us at the apartment, gave us a thorough orientation to the lovely apartment, answered questions, showed us how to make Italian coffee, recommended nearby shops and restaurants (all excellent!), and made radio taxi arrangements for a 4AM trip to the airport when it was (sadly) time to fly home. She is SUPER responsive to text messages with questions or problems.

Spring is a meticulously renovated, beautiful, light filled apartment with high, pitched, beamed ceilings, tall windows, and a small perch overlooking the street. The beds are large and super comfortable--in fact, the sofa bed is the most comfortable I have seen anywhere in the world. I am going to ask Silvana about it to see if something comparable is available for sale in the U.S.

The apartment's location lets you live like a Roman in one of the city's most interesting neighborhoods, with a daily market around the corner in the piazza where dogs and children play, plus wonderful shops for meat, cheese, bread, pastries, pasta, pizza a taglio, and suppli all within 2 blocks. If you need an inexpensive article of clothing or accessory, there are small shops and a large department store in easy walking distance. Out the front door of the courtyard building is a bus stop for the #115 that goes right to the Vatican. And just down the hill on the Main Street is the #8 tram line that takes you right into the Centro Storico with all of the heart of Rome in easy walking distance.

Again, grazie mille to Silvana! Arrivederci!