Reviews For Rome Holiday villa - Property 270

Holiday Rental Location: World, Europe, Italy, Rome & Lazio, Rome
Apartment in spectacular villa at the top of the seventh hill in central Rome
Apartment in spectacular villa at the top of the seventh hill in central Rome
3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms sleeps 5
This charming apartment is in the picturesque, Villa Habsburg - which stands in the middle of the only remaining orchard within the walls of ancient Rome, and thus in the very heart of today's city. ...
 5/5

lovely Rome villa
THa   Cardiff.
Date Submitted: October 21, 2009   Date of Stay: October 2009
We had a marvellous time in Rome, and cannot imagine a nicer place to stay than the guest house. All arrangements went like clockwork, we had no problem with the keys, didn’t make friends with the cats, and very much appreciated the cherry liqueur and drink, also the delicious tea. Lovely, comfortable, characterful rooms, and good books to browse in.

Recommended for: Families with Teenagers, Age 55+, Tourists without a Car, Sightseeing, Romantic Getaway, Adventure Seekers

Owners Response: Many thanks for this commendation

Guests after our heart, who appreciated our precious libraries and didn´t ask for Italian TV -though this is perhaps the time and place to say , that as from October 2009 we have had WIFI installed free for all guests
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 5/5

Wonderful

ElaineB   Calgary/Edmonton, Canada.
Date Submitted: September 23, 2009   Date of Stay: June 2009
The pictures on here do not do this place justice- I was fortunate to be able to stay in the West Tower in June - absolutely fell in love with Rome- especially this property. To be honest, I was reluctant to post a comment, as I am hoping to go back and stay here again. (And not have the issue of finding it unavailable!) The proximity to all that Rome has to offer, was magnificent. I think I would not be able to see everything in a month, there is so very much- and ALL within walking distance. WOW. We did have a little bit of a hard time connecting to the internet, but as I took some great advice, a Blackberry solved that issue. We were able to walk to an excellent market, and found wonderful restaurants (and a fruit stand) practically outside of the main gate. ***** Loved it here!

Recommended for: Tourists without a Car, Sightseeing, Romantic Getaway

Owners Response: No worries about coming back: we love return visits and do not increase the price ever for those who do us the compliment of booking again.Even if more people do hear about us we always give precedence to former guests .

And as from September 30 we have WIFI ! so no more connection problems, I agree, those were highly irritating in Rome, when one was in a hurry


Thank you so much for taking the trouble to write . It is helpful not only to us but to prospective enquirers, it saves their time and ours for them to see whether this is right for them or not
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 5/5

Fabulous Stay
sil46   NYC, USA.
Date Submitted: July 19, 2009   Date of Stay: May 2009
We all absolutely loved our jasmine covered home(Guest House 1) in the villa. It couldn´t have been nicer and provided us with all and more than we could have wanted. It is a total joy in the garden to see all the fruit, vegetables and herbs growing and looking so happy.
The recommendations we received with the instructions were fantastic and we really got a feel of Rome on all our different excursions. A wonderful, unusual haven perfect just as it is.

Recommended for: Families with Teenagers, Age 55+, Families with Young Children, Girls Getaway, Sightseeing, Romantic Getaway, Adventure Seekers

Owners Response: Thank you so much Come again !
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 5/5

Amazing!!! Highly recommended!!!!!!
Constantinos   London, UK.
Date Submitted: April 27, 2009   Date of Stay: February 2009
We stayed at the this property from Feb.14th /Feb.20th 2009 ...

The place is wonderful. We don't normally bother with reviews but were truly shocked to see the one dated April 12th from Philadelphia. The owners of the villa were nice to us and we simply want to set out some irrefutable objective facts to restore the balance

The apartment must be about 180/200 square metres

That means that the four main rooms - three double bedrooms and the sitting dining room, are on average at least 30m2 , and over three metres high, with French windows in each room as well as the other windows. Even if you shut them all winter- which the owners do not, they actually had waiting lists in mid February when we booked -it would be difficult for them to be musty.
The materials are, in two rooms, floral cottons and linens ; in two others new chintzes respectively bright yellow with white birds, and white background with trailing branches and huge pink blooms . Colourful cushions everywhere ....Drab?

The baths and sinks, like much of the furnishing and many pictures are museum pieces, huge. Difficult to find a large enough shower curtain to cover it all up. They are also impeccably kept, with new sets of taps and showers

We were very happy , we had a lovely holiday, and we just want to say so. Clocks none, we told the time using the beautiful Roman light ! Radios: we had our own. Perfect reception as you are at the top of a hill. TV: the lack of one was not a problem. We didn't travel all the way to Rome to sit in front of the TV.

We found somewhere very nice in Florence too, through your site.

Recommended for: Families with Teenagers, Families with Young Children, Sightseeing, Romantic Getaway, Adventure Seekers

Owners Response: We are grateful to the guests for setting the record right- obviously everyone sees things differently , we welcome criticism because often it gives us good ideas . Still actual hard facts are hard facts, and we could not understand why the April 12th persons had wished to describe the apartment as they did. The bottom line is we want everyone to have a nice holiday with and are very unhappy when they don´t especially if we do not feel we could have done anything about it
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 5/5

Amazing location, great property
Myrrhanda   Fareham, UK.
Date Submitted: April 12, 2009   Date of Stay: March 2009
We spent a week here at the end of March / beginning of April. The bedrooms are huge and each one has a balcony with lovely views of the city. The balcony for our room was covered in rosemary and jasmine which must smell amazing in the summer.

The apartment also has a large, well-equipped kitchen-diner and a comfortable sitting / dining room. It really is just 10 minutes walk from the Colosseum, yet surrounded by beautiful gardens. Nearby shops stock everything you'll need, and there are lots of restaurants within walking distance. Several bus services pass within a couple of minutes' walk, and we found the buses to be regular and reliable.

The owner has left notes around the apartment to help you deal with plumbing, electricity etc. We followed the instructions and had no problems.

Recommended for: Families with Teenagers, Age 55+, Families with Young Children, Tourists without a Car, Sightseeing, Romantic Getaway

Owners Response: We want to thank these guests for their kind words;for being so considerate to everyone on the estate during their stay and for leaving the apartment so beautifully. We really hope to have them again one day
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 2/5

Beautiful setting, Outdated home
traavelers   Pennsylvania, USA.
Date Submitted: April 12, 2009   Date of Stay: April 2009
We stayed in the Piano Noble apartment recently and were very disappointed. The grounds are absolutely beautiful and maintained meticulously. Unfortunately, the home is not. It needs extensive updating in all rooms. There is no shower, only tub and hand held sprayer with no curtain. Most furniture is stained and linens are musty and well-worn. There is no TV, radio or clocks. Overall appearance is drab, worn and uninviting. Truly a shame, considering stunning location. This will be the first time using Homeaway that we have had a disappointing experience.
Owners Response: We cannnot understand this . We feel very hurt by this review, we work extremely hard to make things nice, and we believe it simply does not correspond to the truth . For a start how can one possibly claim that five huge rooms with a total of seven windows all looking south over the Baths of Caracalla,St Peter´s and the Roman Campagna, and the city of Rome , appear "drab" or "musty"? They absolutely sparkle...unless perhaps they were left untidy - that is always drab to come back to after a tiring day´s sight seeing, but it is not our fault ! And even then !

To reply to other points raised: - there are two massive Venetian mosaic bathrooms with huge baths , taps and showers- no curtains because guests pulled them down. Anyway the baths are so large that curtains are not necessary we never had them when we lived there. Indeed I do not have them in my own house . The furniture is antique of course , belonged to our aunt and is well kept and absolutely beautiful .The upholstery in many cases is Colefax & Fowler vintage which would be the envy of the National Trust ! The linens are fine and hand ironed .I am so sorry this was not appreciated . I could not agree with the adjectives drab, and musty: perhaps well worn in some cases but brand new in others. We adore them like that ! There are indeed no radios or clocks- most people bring their own ! or TV, though a portable TV may be requested of the housekeeper. In this case it was not

I think the answer is, that this very special atmosphere of a European country house belonging to an old family, was not what these guests were looking for. I could have told them , had they enquired, that we do not purvey fitted carpets, Jamie Oliver kitchens or power showers. On the telephone they sounded very enthusiastic though I did describe the premises as I invariably do, and even mentioned that very often it was not what the American market enjoys. I regret they did not and hope their holiday was nevertheless a success (we provided among other things one of the best guides in Italy, the present editor of the Companion Guide to Rome)
Beyond that, we would like to say that apparently their children were beautifully behaved and charming . We are sorry-it appears- we will not be seeing them again
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 4/5

Fond Memories of Rome
Traveling Enthusiast   LOs Angeles, California, USA .
Date Submitted: August 05, 2008   Date of Stay: August 2007
Friends from Belgium invited us from Los Angeles, CA to spend the week with them at the villa. We found it to be beautiful, well maintained, lovely gardens and spectular views of the Baths of Caracolla. For history buffs, a large part of the old Roman city wall runs along one side of the property. The apartment was large and easily accommodated the four of us. There was no air conditioning but the floor fans worked very well. We enjoyed the garden patio for breakfast every morning. We found if very private, secure and quiet. Our visit to this charming villa was a unique experience and a place we will remember fondly.

Recommended for: Families with Teenagers, Age 55+, Families with Young Children, Girls Getaway, Tourists without a Car, Sightseeing, Romantic Getaway, Adventure Seekers

Owners Response: That was a very jolly party we adored having them and the person organising it from Belgium was simply a dream to deal with
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 5/5

Roman Holiday
Arabella   London, UK.
Date Submitted: July 23, 2008   Date of Stay: June 2008
21-28 June 2008

"We absolutely loved our stay on the Piano Nobile a few weeks ago . The wonderful garden and fabulous views of Rome made it unforgettable. We hope to visit again in the future and have already recommended it to our friends."

Recommended for: Sightseeing, Romantic Getaway

Owners Response: Equally we would recommend these guests as ideal visitors: so appreciative, so careful of everything...we too hope they will come back
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 4/5

Stay in Guest House I - 2/12 june 2008
Romano   Bristol, United Kingdom.
Date Submitted: July 18, 2008   Date of Stay: June 2008
Wonderful to return here yet again, to find this oasis of peace and tranquillity - with the very comfortable accomodation and splendid situation, including the delightful gardens.

Recommended for: Age 55+, Tourists without a Car, Sightseeing

Owners Response: These guests are a fixture, they come time and again. so we must be doing something right !.
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 4/5

Peaceful Oasis
Stonehaven   Aberdeen.
Date Submitted: June 15, 2008   Date of Stay: May 2008
We had a wonderful time in Rome wandering around the amazing sites, our minds thinking abut the peaceful oasis we returned to each evenng with the balcony overlooking the lovely garden with birds (and parrots!) flying by: Happy memories "

Recommended for: Age 55+, Tourists without a Car, Sightseeing, Romantic Getaway

Owners Response: an oasis- that is how we try to keep it, I am pleased that on occasion we actually succeed !
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 5/5

re. 270
McFast   UK.
Date Submitted: June 02, 2008   Date of Stay: May 2008
Hey there!

I am just recovering from the Whitsun weekend which, prior to
proceeding to Lampedusa to film, a colleague and I spent in Paradise

Paradise took the form of the east side of the Viilla Habsburg in
Rome. Talk about rooms with views . Right in the center of town this
one looked over rolling hillocks not unlike the Sussex Downs, but
surrounded- incongruously, albeit at an acceptable distance -by,
of all things, nineteen fifties apartment blocks and the baroque
statues on the roof of S. Giovanni Laterano..

The paradoxical sense of country in the town is unique The
sunrise streamed through the windows over the pine trees -
unfortunately leaving us no excuse but to get up on time . The
house is impeccably kept : squeaky clean, old fashioned charm,
family furniture and pictures all left out for guests to enjoy ,
welcoming staff. .-not to speak of space put at our disposal free of
charge by the owners for our- to say the least unwieldy- equipment
in the cellar !

The gardens are simply breathtaking, kept by a head gardener from
the Zurich School of Horticulture , the Swiss Kew . And it shows.
The sad end of that story is, we did have to get up and depart .
Next time round I´m filming there. And staying And staying And
staying . For what it is, it is not even expensive

Thanks so much again,

Ewan

Recommended for: Families with Teenagers, Age 55+, Families with Young Children, Girls Getaway, Tourists without a Car, Sightseeing, Romantic Getaway

Owners Response: Well how flattering we love film people, the film about Enzo Ferrari was filmed in the house.... and the gardens and a bi of the house for the Westdeutsche Fernsehen not long ago
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 5/5

Villa on the Roman wall with wonderful grounds
leopoldstadt   Vienna, Austria.
Date Submitted: May 13, 2008   Date of Stay: February 2008
We spent the week of 9/15 February 2008 in the west wing of the villa in Rome. The bedrooms accommodated us amply, us being a family of four with two young children, plus their grandmother. We much appreciated the decent-sized kitchen and the spacious living room with French windows to the shady private terrace.

Much was done to help us settle in and immediately feel at home – first-class drinks and small eats to welcome us, pleasant and helpful staff, and an information sheet that was idiosyncratic in its style but full of practical information.

A huge bonus were the extensive grounds: the high-lying front garden with its commanding views and true English lawn, the ‘back garden’ – some back garden! – with the Roman wall as a protective backdrop enclosing an abundance of citrus trees and palms.

Beyond the mighty wall, a supermarket and excellent restaurants are within walking distance. Better still: the local take-aways offer excellent Italian fare to enjoy back at the villa.

The 628 bus from the gate provides quick access to the historic city centre. The villa was the perfect haven after the bustle and rigors of the sights. We enjoyed every minute of our stay except the one when we had to leave – in a car to the station arranged by the owner.

Recommended for: Age 55+, Families with Young Children, Tourists without a Car, Sightseeing, Romantic Getaway

Owners Response: and we enjoyed having you and your delightful family Come again
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 5/5

A real oasis within the city.

Penfair   Newcastle, England.
Date Submitted: May 11, 2008   Date of Stay: August 2007
We enjoyed our stay so very much and the East tower was perfect for the two of us, providing magnificent views of the gardens and the city of Rome.
The housekeeper was kind and helpful and pointed us in the right direction to find the catacombes. Such a nice lady.
We felt it was a privilege to stay in such a beautiful villa and we definitely intend to return.

We ate at a local restaurant "Romolo e Remo" several times during our stay- a recommendation from the comprehensive information sheet provided- and were impressed with the food, service, good value for money and real Italian atmosphere. It was also extremely handy after a long day of sightseeing.

The approach/driveway to the villa is quite a steep walk for less active people, although it can be accessed by car .

Recommended for: Tourists without a Car, Sightseeing, Romantic Getaway

Owners Response: Some guests do find our notes exhausting but they are also exhaustive with addresses and advice based on...guest experience actually. You can indeed bring taxis up to the villa itself and for the elderly we always arrange for a parking space right in front of their door in case they have difficulty managing the driveway
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 5/5

Comments from Owner Guestbook
'We had a wonderful time at your villa in Rome. It will be one of our favorite memories of the trip.' ~ Mrs Susan Wright. 'I can't wait to come back one day!' ~ Mrs Iola Fass (fax: +44 (0)131 447 7367) - 'Vielen Dank es hat alles super geklappt .- 'Your house is wonderful and we had a very happy visit. Bruno (the driver) was very efficient as were all your instructions. We hope to come to Venice next (see property 362) Mr James Douglas , Wiltshire. 'We had a wonderful time in Rome and were very pleased with the accomodation, again thank you for all the instructions and helpful advice you sent ' -Freda Lodge, Alton, Hampshire, 'Thank you so much .We had a great time in your wonderful house' Cains, Kinnersley Castle , ' Je tiens à vous remercier infiniment pour le weekend que nous avons passé chez vous à Rome J´ai pu admirer un nouvelle fois votre belle maison. La vue et le jardin sont exceptionels.L´organisation fut grace à vous absolument parfaite '
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