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We just returned from a fantastic vacation in Rome.

The apartment was better than anticipated.
The apartment is very spacious for a family of 5 and the view can't be beat.
Transportation is very convenient with the Metro a block away and a bus stop in front of the building.

Some people have complained about the noise from the bar downstairs. We had no issues with the noise and actually found the bar convenient for an evening drink. We also found plenty of restaurants and grocery stores near the apartment.

If you have kids, be sure to schmooze the 2 gentlemen with the Ferrari's. My daughter still talks about getting to start the car.

Enjoy your vacation

My husband and I - older but physically active and capable, together with our son, stayed at the apartment and loved every bit of it. Our son was with us for only 4 of our 12 day stay, after which time a friend joined us for 6 days.

The bedrooms were comfortable, private and charming. The baths were clean and well appointed and the entire apartment was warm and welcoming. The few questions we had were promptly and successfully addressed.

We walked all over Rome, which was our intent, and were greatly aided by the nearby bus stop for the 87 and other buses. Public transit is alive and well in Rome. We shopped for groceries at a near-by supermarket (good deli/bakery section) and also enjoyed small outdoor markets. I cooked in the small but well-provisioned kitchen. Many restaurants of all types, some quite good: Da Luigi, Armando del Pergola (lunch), Hosteria Farnese, La Felice in Testaccio, places on and off the via Cavour. The Domus Aurea is close but regrettably is closed for renovation. The fora are close by, the Capitoline, the Palatine and Aventine easily reached on foot.

I would go back in a minute and finish our walks - we didn't make it to Ostia, nor to a long walk on the Via antica Appia - next time! We did walk a lot of the wall sections, inside and out, enjoyed the Piazza Navona and environs and the Pantheon neighborhood - which has the estimable Giolitti gelato shop and the Tazza D'Oro coffee shop and loads of wonderful small shops. We loved walking/sitting in the Piazza Farnese. Reaching these places presented no problems, and it was our practice to spend the day out walking, return home for rest and a drink, and then to go out again for dinner.

A very tiring day was spent at the Vatican trying to find a simple way to see the Sistine Chapel. The walk around the Vatican walls seemed endless and that was only the beginning. While the Sistine Chapel and the varioius bits of the museum that we saw were well worth the effort, one felt overwhelmed by the countless souvenir stands,all selling the same things. Maybe in the summer the visitors are so numerous that they feel they have to do it this way, but for someone who simply wished to see the chapel it's pretty awful. But we always had the apartment to go back to and to enjoy. I recommend it highly to couples or families and others who enjoy feeling at home in a neigborhood - and what a neighborhood!!

I wrote a previous review and stayed here with my family from July 14th 2012 and left on Weds. July 18th- it looks like that since a poor review there has been a lot of reviews- one named by "Jasper" states an incorrect date- there is no way he was there on July 16th 2012 as we were still staying there. I do have to say in defense of the 1 out of 5 review that the beds were extremely uncomfortable and we were also told that they had just bought a new mattress in the Master after a concerning review made me ask. We knew when we arrived that was not true. With that said it is a charming apartment very true to the pictures. Yes the TV in the family room is old, but honestly who is watching tv when you are visiting Rome? However both the owners and renters should be sure to post the correct dates for their reviews so that other don't question the honesty of them.