Maria was a great host! She spoke almost no English, but was still eager to talk to us (Google Translate helped). The apartment was really cute and clean, and I felt like I was getting an inside perspective of traveling through Italy. You do need to take the tram to get to the city center so don't expect to walk everywhere, but the tram stop was very close by. We couldn't have asked for a kinder host. I highly recommend Maria's place!