A beautiful apartment in a charming cobbled area of Trastevere. We had looked at the pictures on the website and they were very accurate, I would even say that the apartment is larger than it looks on camera. I had broken my shoulder two days before we were due to fly and contemplated whether to cancel but recovering in Rome was the perfect tonic. Giulio was the perfect host - he organised a car from the airport right to the hotel and, on the day of checkout , when we had a later flight, he kindly took our bags to his house and arranged for the car to collect us from there to take us to the airport, so that we could enjoy a last blast of sunshine before returning home.
There was everything we needed in the apartment down to fresh bread, little coffee pods for the Nespresso machine (sorry we weren't able to find a local store to replace them for your next guests), There was lots of information in the apartment - guide books etc. and we booked a tour of the Vatican from "What A Life Tours" (a flyer in the basket by the door) which was fantastic. Such tours are more expensive that just queueing up for a ticket but then you do get to avoid the horrendous queues and get to know all about the sights in a more in-depth and informed way. Definitely worth the money and didn't queue to anything! Giulio was always at the end of a 'phone but had thought of everything so we didn't need to bother him during our stay. There is a fabulous fish restaurant just around the corner from the apartment called 'The Fishmarket, which is well worth a visit for the freshest fish and a great ambiance. Giulio left lots of information about restaurants in the area and if you have particular interests he will have the answer. It was our first time in Rome and there is still so much to explore so we will have to return and, if we book far enough in advance, we hope to stay again at Guilio's apartment. Thank you.