We were very satisfied with this flat and very thankful for the great help and kindness of Pino.
The big appartement was perfect for our days in Rome: it was more than clean (much cleaner than a hotel we believed) and well equipped and we enjoyed to have some restful nights there after our long walking tours through Rome. The kitchen-table could receive us all 6 to prepare a dinner (stove, gaz-cooker, large fridge, italian coffee-maschine, etc… a complete equipment is available). We enjoyed good warm showers and the beds were nice for a recovering sleep. We were astonished to discover a small private garden with a terrace surrounded by banana-trees and a medlar-tree which was then in the end of the month may full of yellow fruits = Néflier commun (français) - Mespilus germanica (latin) - Mispel (deutsch). If necessary, you could have your t-shirts drying on this terrace.
Pino welcomed us and gave us all informations needed to find our orientation in the direct neigbourhood (giving us a map of the district) and how to find the two buses (1 minute walk from the flat) and the tramwayline n°8 (seven minutes walk away) which were available to join the different parts of the central part of Rome (one evening we simply used a taxi to come back to the flat and the price of the taxi-run was allright - in addition the cab driver had a small tv-screen installed in the front and Juventus Torino was just playing against Milano, can you imagine a nicer thing to drive back after and enchanting day in the streets and museums of Rome than to follow a match with the cabdriver!!! who remained concentrated on the road). We had two keys at our disposal. The flat was in a typical roman appartment building opening on a very quiet courtyard, we felt secure and well surrounded.
The quarter around the flat had a number of shops available: a café and bakery 15 meters away, a larger supermarket at 8 minutes distance (Simply), two fruit and vegetable shops at 5 minutes walk distance.
This flat was perfect for us and we felt lucky to stay there. We have already travelled to London and Berlin with our children, now for the first time we felt sad to leave, and we will love to meet Pino again.