I spent hours searching for apartments in Rome before deciding on this one and although I had some concerns about location I need not have worried as it was perfect for our purposes - close to all the main attractions i.e Forum, Coliseum, Pantheon and Vatican City (we never paid more than 12 Euros for a taxi). But the best bit was being able to return each to a tranquil apartment without a tourist or selfie stick seller in site!
Communication with Davide was a breeze. He was polite, helpful and willing to answer any question promptly and efficiently and went the extra mile to help me plan a surprise for my wife’s 50th birthday. Davide arranged transfers to the apartment from the airport with an established company with a fleet of mainly Mercedes vehicles with uniformed, polite and knowledgeable drivers. We provided flight details and Davide did the rest. The transfer cost 48 Euros which is the same as a taxi.
At the apartment Edwin met us and showed us around. He explained how everything worked (except the obvious appliances) including the Wi-Fi. He explained where the nearest shops, restaurants and bakery were (all within a leisurely 10 minute walk). Edwin also provided information about the nearby tramline and direction to take for the main attractions.
Edwin gave us his number and that of a taxi company although we opted to use free app called taxi.it which worked like a dream.
The apartment is on the 5th floor of an unassuming building with a quaint lift and overlooks the Tiber. Although there are other apartments in the building I neither saw nor heard anyone and assumed our neighbours were busy with their everyday lives. Both the apartment and communal entrance secure and we had no concerns about security or safety.
The apartment is spacious, well equipped and cosy, everything worked and most things seemed new or virtually unused.
We didn’t expect any toiletries or cleaning products so were surprised to find some small bars of soap and cleaning products – clearly Davide’s housekeeper leaves his/her cleaning products on site so no reason not to keep the apartment clean! Edwin provided loo paper/kitchen towels.
Don’t count on others leaving toiletries behind, bring your own or buy what you need at the mini-market.
As well as the appliances, cutlery and crockery we found a supply of clean towels and bedding. There’s a TV with Apple TV box, a hair dryer and iron too.
Now a word about the Wi-Fi. Occasionally we found the speed a slower than we are used to but were able to watch Rugby World Cup matches on ITV with few interruptions by streaming it from our IPad through the Apple TV device. We also found that occasionally rebooting the router improved the speed too!
How about complaints? Well we have none. Everything was either as, or better than expected and we thoroughly loved our time in Davide’s apartment and have no hesitation in recommending it to you.