I have spent 6 nights at Ficus's appartment.The room is simple, large enough, with a good mattress. It's very calm at night. The flat is in a typical building with a lot of plants and is setted in a nice and authentic district. You can easily find around restaurants and bars, even late.
From Ficus's appartment you can easily explore the city by foot : antic areav is at around 30 minutes walk, Pigneto is at 20 minutes by foot.
Ficus is very friendly, the communication is easy with her - she's very reactive with electronic messengers if needed and also very discret.
I recommend if you want to discover the city by getting out of the tourist clichés.