Highly recommend! Frank and Soledad’s place is beautiful and well-located to get to lovely neighborhood spots as well as major tourist attractions (and, yes, the best gelato).
Frank is a wonderful host and will give you all the inside info for places to eat and getting around. Even the car he arranged for us to the airport was fantastic.
The neighborhood felt a little sketchy at first (I’m from Chicago and currently live in Oakland so am sensitive to neighborhood vibes), but it wasn’t at all. Don’t limit yourself to just the Italian food - there’s an amazing noodle and dumpling place just around the corner!