My husband and I spent a month in the Trilussa suite, and could have stayed a lifetime. The apartment was more spacious than others I researched, and still one of the best values. It also had a separate (large!) bedroom, shower, a fully-equipped kitchen, microwave, washer, and secure wireless Internet access--amenities not available in many properties in this price range. The building was secure, nights were blissfully quiet, and nearby were restaurants, bakeries, a greengrocer, supermarket, tabacchi (for bus tickets), coffee bars...everything we needed. Just a few minutes walk across the Tiber put us in easy reach of most sights, or we could hop a bus to access those farther away (i.e. Borghese gardens, Vatican, Ostia Antica, EUR). The owners live on-site and are tremendous resources: an American expat married to a native Trasteverino, both English-speaking and very knowledgeable about Italy, its customs and culture. They've furnished the apartment comfortably and left lots of written instructions for unfamiliar appliances. Really Rome's website accurately depicts its furnishings and features. Weekly cleaning and linen changes are included and a lending library in the stairwell offers travel guides, books on history, art and language, DVDs, games, and maps. The use of a prepaid cell phone was handy for making reservations. We wanted to live in a real neighborhood rather than the tourist center and have a quiet retreat from the city at night. This apartment in Trastevere was the perfect solution.
