This is a beautiful and charming apartment, decorated with artwork from the host's family of artists. It is located in an older building, but has a small elevator to the fourth floor. The kitchen is newly remodeled and beautiful. The walls and tile floors are beautiful. The rooms are spacious, each with its own sitting/reading area. There are two bathrooms with toilets and showers. The washer is in one of the bathrooms and there is a modular clothes hanging system that hangs from the ceiling. The living space is large and there is a large dining table with seating for 6.
A highlight of this apartment is Costanza herself. She is vibrant and fun and provides a thorough orientation to both the apartment and to Rome. She provides great local tips and she is very responsive. We had some issues the first night with the washer and the shower drains, and she took care of these immediately in the morning. She told us about the farmer's market close by which was a treat. It is only open until about 1 pm, so we regretted that we had such early starts to our days that we could not do more food shopping at the market.
We chose the apartment because it was close to the train station to facilitate our arrival and departure from Rome. The Market Centrale at the station was fun and provided a lot of food options. There is a grocery store in the lower level of the station. We also were surprised that the apartment was much closer to the Colosseum than we had thought. We went wandering on our first full day, found a park, and realized that we were next to Colosseum. All in all, we truly enjoyed our stay at the apartment.