Casa Del Fico is a wonderful spot for a couple looking for a week in Rome to see the sights and experience the atmosphere. It is right in the heart of the Historic Centre and literally surrounded by bars, restaurants and eating places of all types, from smart restaurants to alleyway trattorias that give you that real Italian city experience. The nearest bar is next door and your night out starts straight away. Of course, with such action on hand, it does get noisy in the piazza at night, but the flat's windows are modern double-glazed, the air-con works fine, and you can shut it all out at bed-time, if you like. The flat interior looks exactly like the pictures - compact, clean, comfortable, and has all the equipment you need if you wanted to cook in, but why do that? Probably the only downside is that it is on the 3rd floor and there's no lift, so that's a bit of a climb at the end of a long day. But hey - you're in the heart of Rome! So, you're 5 minutes from the Piazza Navona, 10 mins walk from the Pantheon and 15 from the Trevi Fountain, more or less. There's no metro nearby, so it is about a 30-minute walk to the Colosseum, and that's right next to the Palatine Hill and the Forum - all must-see places. Going the other way, Fort St Angelo is barely 15 mins walk and the St Peter's Square is 10 mins from there - plus another 10 minutes to walk around the back if you're going to go into the Vatican museums. So providing you're not looking for a swanky modern hotel and wheeled transport on tap, it's a brilliant location. Marcella is a wonderful host. She duly got in touch by text and email before our arrival to fix up our check-in time, and we were so pleased we accepted her offer in advance to arrange a private transfer from the airport, whereupon we were swept in great comfort and courtesy to the front door. Getting back to airport might have been an issue as it would be a long walk to the Central Station dragging luggage, but she also fixed up a private transfer back, which was just as good and (at 45e) marginally less than the cost of a City taxi (fixed fare 48e). She met us in the flat, showed us around, explained how things worked (all in excellent English) and got our holiday off on the right foot. So the Casa Del Fico gets a big tick from us - this was our first experience of AirBnB and it was brilliant in all respects.