Andrea's place is ideal for week-long tourist stay - not so comfortable you want to stay inside, but good if you need to [rain, sore feet, etc].

Being two blocks from the Colosseum the apartment makes getting to tours like MindtheGuide's superb and as the metro is there too, you can get to the apartment or across town to the Vatican with ease. For the tourist walker you can reach anything on the top-10 lists in less than an hour, and in a solid day you can visit 3 museums - Palazzo Altemps, the Diocletian Baths and Palazzo Massimo - and still make it home for sunset.

Having a grocery and more than a dozen restaurants and wine bars nearby including excellent one's like Il Rioni, and a little Sicilian gelato and cannoli place around the corner, mean you'll never go hungry or thirsty at the end of your days - although you may need to book for some places.

While we don't have immediate plans to be back in Rome, we'd certainly book Andrea's again if we did!