Unbeatable location and amazing hospitality from Stefano + Raffaella! Their apartment door is on a gorgeous small street just steps away from the Trevi fountain with restaurants literally lining the entrance of the building (yummy gelato and food/drinks at every turn). It was my third time in Rome and this was my favorite location to stay!!
The apartment itself is on the 5th floor (terrace rooftop is a level above, not connected to the apartment but really cool spot to hang out). There is an elevator which lets you off right at the apartment’s 5th floor entrance (note, the elevator does not go to the rooftop you have to walk up one more flight of stairs) but I was thankful we had the elevator since my aunt I was traveling with has accessibility issues due to a bad knee and would not have been able to do the stairs (the elevator also has a weigh limit so it’s basically one person at a time). But the hosts were very helpful personally checking us in, getting our luggage upstairs and making sure we knew how to use the wifi (They even had a portable hotspot for us to use outside the apartment! Super handy but don’t forget to charge it every night!!). Both bedrooms and the living room have smart TV’s and we enjoyed relaxing watching Netflix after long days of site seeing.
One thing I didn’t realize was that the upstairs bedroom is open to below to where the pull-out couch is in the living room adjacent to the kitchen, so if you’re on a different sleep schedule than whoever you’re traveling with, you might disturb whoever is sleeping in either space (the master bedroom on the main floor is very private and quiet). My jet lagged sister and mom weren’t too thrilled with each other when one was trying to sleep upstairs and the other was in the living room or kitchen using the washer and dryer (which we loved using since we packed light for our 10 day trip, the hosts had plenty of laundry detergent for us - so nice!) but it can be a little loud and noise carries to the upstairs loft.
Overall, you can’t beat the location of this apartment in the heart of Rome, it’s the perfect place for exploring the city as you are so close to everything you can come back and forth to the apartment in between your excursions (even to just go to the bathroom or freshen up, we loved having two-full bathrooms to get ready between!). I felt like I lived in Rome being so walkable to everything and would recommend this place to anyone looking to stay close to all the fun!