Fabio was very friendly, helpful, warm & welcoming, and was genuinely keen to know about us - this made the experience of staying in Rome so much more pleasant. He was also very quick to respond to our queries over the next few days. The apartment was actually much nicer than what we saw in the pictures; it has a very nice, spacious shower and bathroom. Water pressure from the shower was excellent and also had constant hot water which was important to us! There were also 2 very effective & new air-conditioning units which we needed when it got too hot (although we only used 1 which was sufficient). The apartment is located right in the centre of the Pantheon as you can see - the square and street below are very busy with tourists all day, so you can hear constant noise till late at night; but Fabio's apartment had very good sound-proofing windows - when closed, you hear nothing from outside, which was really good as I need a lot of peace and quiet to get a good night's sleep. Overall, the apartment exceeded our expectations. It also has an elevator, which was very handy with heavy luggage (most old buildings in Italy where we stayed in had no lifts). The area is very central - we walked everywhere (the Colosseum, the Vatican, etc). Plenty of restaurants to choose from - if you prefer not to dine in the really touristy places, there are also plenty of smaller but very nice places along the tons of alleyways & streets (you just need to walk around and explore).