Alessandra and Monica are wonderful hosts who know and love their hometown. (They gave us an excellent recommendation for a restaurant to try the in-season fried zucchini flowers.) The apartment has a great central location - you can walk everywhere, but it's also only steps to the Metro, and the open-top sight-seeing bus that loops around all of the major sights (another good recommendation from our hosts). It worked well for our family with 2 teenagers, who loved the independence this gave them to explore the city by themselves. We hope to return someday!