Valerio's place was located in a great area close to a lot of amazing restaurants/nightlife! That's the location we prefer rather than being close to where all the tourist sites are, but his place was close enough for us to walk around the city and see what we wanted to. Rome is a busy city and the apartment is on the first floor so you will hear some noise at night. Valerio's place is not located on a main road, so the noise isn't bad at all and really quiets down around 11:00 PM. The place was clean and very spacious!