10/10 Excellent
Verified traveller
13 Oct 2019
Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Perfect location as a one off
It's in the heart of Imperial Rome. That's both good and bad. The good: if you want to do, say, night time tours of the Forums or the Colosseum (highly recommended) you just cross the road. The bad is that you'll be hard pressed to find authentic local eateries nearby. For the most part they're tourist traps. You'd get better food outside the city centre, but it's less convenient. It's a trade off.
There's a well stocked mini supermarket on a street just down from the far end of the Coloseeum.
I'll get the few negatives out of the way first.
The check in process was a bit fiddly; I was asked to fill in a check in form on Google Docs including information like expected time of arrival and expected train... and then received a message on the day of arrival asking for exactly the same thing. On arrival there was an awful lot of form filling (by hand), when we just wanted to unpack and get on with the holiday. The process was courteous; it could just do with some streamlining.
Remember to take enough cash to cover the city tax. (That's a government rule.)
The internet wasn't running when we arrived, but a replacement "pocket modem" was supplied. However it tended to be intermittent in its availability.
There was some deeply embedded mould in the grout of the bathrooms which bothered some of us more than others, but aside from that they were still very clean. The showers have no soap holders, which isn't convenient.
Now the good. The location, obviously. The standard of cleaning overall was very good. I considered the beds to be comfortable, and there was plenty of linen for everyone.
The kitchen is very small (one person at a time can fit) but that's normal for the area and it was well equipped. There is no dish washer, but there is a front loading clothes washer which was a fiddly sod of a thing to use and on one occasion locked a load of clothes in overnight. However when it worked it worked well, and when we had the problem the owners were very responsive and sent someone to help the following morning.
I'd add that as a positive; the owner responsiveness was extremely good. It's mostly done via WhatsApp so I'd recommend having that installed.
The proximity to the metro system (Colosseo station line B) is excellent, but you should be aware that for the rest of 2019 that line will be subject to early closures and complete shut downs on the weekend relating to the construction of Line C.
In a nutshell: Highly recommended.
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Stayed 8 nights in Oct 2019
