This spacious design-apartment feels like it was recently furbished. It was perfectly clean, extremely comfortable (strong and silent airco - we had a heat wave in Rome) and very well appointed. Two bathrooms. You will find every possible amenity (washing-machine, iron - as it was extremely hot in Rome, it was practical to change clothes several times a day and wash them, which you cannot in a hotel). Special praise for the kitchen, fully appointed (oven, microwave), and even with basic groceries (spices, oils, vinegar, sugar, coffee Lavazza...). Carola even ensured that there were ice cubes in the freezer. And we got a bottle of Prosecco!
So well equipped we did not need to go to the restaurant. The house is at 200 meters of the tourist centre (Navona), but strangely, there are hardly any tourists in our street. Get groceries and wine: at Piazza Nicosia, there is a supermarket. The via del’Orso/Portoghesi ends in via della Scrofa: there is a bakery (always open), via d’Ascanio there is a butcher (macelleria), facing a poultry shop (via della Scrofa). Piazza di Monte d’Oro is a vegetable and fresh fish market. There is another butcher. Here is no tourist around, and you get the excellent and honest ingredients of real Italy.
The house is well situated, on the corner of via del’Orso, and via de’ Gigli d’Oro. There are a few good restaurants. Get a map of Rome and observe that a north-south line from your house connects Navona, Campo de’ Fiori and Piazza Farnese. An east-west line (Orso/Portoghesi) easily brings you to via del Corso, Piazza di Spagna, or Trevi... you are in the very middle of town!
Taxi can be found 24/7 Piazza Tor Sanguigna.
This place was key to our greatest holiday ever !!!
Special thanks to Carola, our host, who was so friendly and efficient, and flexible with the checkin and checkout times.