This was an absolute wonderful experience. Three days before the planned holiday we changed our plans and wanted to visit Rome for 5 days in a row. As I did not receive quick replies or only negative replies from house owners advertising on Wimdu, I decided to try Airbnb. Emanuele replied immediately to my information request and the questions I mailed him afterwards. He is very communicative and very willing to help with whatever you need.

This house belonged to his grandmother and he totally renovated and redecorated it in a nice style: a fresh mix of antique, vintage and brand new items. There are two more rooms in this apartment. Privacy is perfect: you don't hear anything from the neighbors in the other two rooms. What you do hear, is traffic on the Via Merulana. You will hear this kind of noise in nearly every room in a big city, so this should not be problem if you choose for a room in the centre of Roma. Just bring your ear plugs to be sure, but you might not need them.

We had a brand new room, with a beautiful and well designed private bath room. Everything was nice and perfectly clean. The bed has a good mattress. Italian mattresses tend to be very hard, and we like a soft mattress. But, this one was not too hard for us.

Knowing that Italians only have coffee and a bread roll for breakfast, the breakfast provided was quite comprehensive: yoghurt, milk and fruit in the fridge (located in the room), coffee/tea and a water kettle on top of it and a wide variety of cakes, croissants, bread rolls etc. If desired, you can complete it with other/fresh food: super market, fresh breads and cappuccini are just around the corner.

Emanuele gave us advise about where to have a nice lunch and dinner, etc. and we tried them all: wonderful places just around the corner or on the other side of the street.

The metro (line A), Termini station, Colosseum, Piazza Venezia, everything is at walking distance so we could go back to the room for a nice siesta and continue after taking some rest.

We would highly recommend this room. Furthermore we recommend buying the Omnia card: for 95 euros you get three days in a row access to many many museums while passing the lines and in many cases being provided with audio guides. You also get access to a hop on-hop off bus, access to public transport, etc. And we also recommend doing a bike tour. We really much enjoyed the Via Appia Antica bike tour with Bajabikes / Bici & Baci (@Via Cavour).