Lovely 1-room apartment for a nicer visit to Rome
Review Submitted: August 4, 2009
Date of Stay: June 2009
Nice room, good bed, cold air-conditioning, well-equipped kitchen, excellent burglary-protection, sunny terrace with bbq, nice neighbourhood, easy access to transportation. What more could one want? Oh, and the locals are just charming.
We stayed at the apartment for nine days in the end of June 2009 for our honeymoon. We were welcomed upon arrival by Hanne, who showed us around the apartment and the terrace and explained everything we needed to know. This tour convinced us that our stay would be very nice, and the few quirks that Hanne explained only lend to the autenthicity of the place in our opinion.
Arriving in the evening, we enjoyed the sunset from the terrace and went to bed early. The folding sofa-bed was supremely easy to use, avoiding the feeling of living in the bedroom. The kitchen had a good stove, and moka-pots for making coffee made even early mornings enjoyable. The small freezer enabled us to bring gelato home, to enjoy any time. The small balcony outside provided a nice place to eat breakfast, before venturing out into Rome on the closest busline, the 881.
Breakfast and other meals were easily purchased nearby, with Claudio down the street providing fresh bread every morning and some of the finest salami we have ever tasted. Nearby restaurants were also good for those evenings when we did not eat out in central Rome, and the kitchen enabled us to cook some of our own favorites. The fact that most pizza-places do take-out furthered our options.
The bathroom was fairly standard (although the shower needed to be rubbed the right way), but the security arrangements around the apartment were definitely above par. The doors both to the balcony, the terrace and the front door were equipped with six dead-bolts and an impressive key. The easy-to-use blinds-system on the windows ensured our privacy, and even allowed us to fine-tune the amount of light when we went to bed.
All in all we are very pleased with our stay! We would not hesitate to recommend this apartment to friends and family, and we will surely be coming back for our next trip to The Eternal City.
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