This review started with ticking a couple of things that Airbnb ask if you had a five-star rating for your host. We ticked everything from outstanding hospitality, sparkling clean, excellent location etc.
Daria was a perfect host. In fact it was our best Airbnb experience we had so far. She is kind, generous, artistic and has very good taste worn home furnishing, hence the beautiful interior decoration and choice of fittings and amenities.
The apartment was furnished with beautiful paintings, modest furniture and clever separation of space. It comes with a very spacious balcony with stunning views, well equipped kitchen where stocks up plenty of sparkling and mineral water and cooking utensils, spices, pots and pans and a capsule coffee machine.
Apart from that, our room had a PS4, Netflix and latest Apple TV, a surround speaker hooked for convenient plug-in android or iPhone play.
The bathroom had really good make-up lights on the mirror, good hair dryer (especially coming from a long-hair girl) and mini straightener, good shampoo and conditioner (this is such a thoughtful thought where Daria told me she couldn’t understand why Hotel would give lousy ones and she had to make sure her guests gets good ones) and thick towels.
Yes climbing stairs is true but we got used to it the second day we arrived. The thought of getting into our cozy stylish home had the stairs made worth the steps. Location was superb! It was literally next to the Spanish Steps, we could get to the square in 3 minutes or La Rinascente (the department store) in the same time too. Osteria Barberini is just behind and at the corner is a lovely women/men shoes boutique that carries English and Italian shoes.
What made Daria different to other host was her response was quick and sharp. At our first evening we were completely clueless where to eat and we shot a message to her thinking maybe we could get a quick tip if she responded. And she did and we ended up at Ristorante Nino at the Spanish Steps. It was good and fantastic. She also arranged for our airport transfer both ways which was much cheaper than a taxi and extremely helpful because of our odd-hour flight time.
You will love this place of hers. Absolute gem in Rome.