Staying at this place had completely ruined my trip in Rome. When we arrived, we found out there was no lift so my sister and I had to lug both our heavy luggage four flight of stairs. After we arrived inside, the first thing that was asked of us to pay additional money for a room tax. Now, I understand that some places charge this (like the place I stayed in Florence and Amsterdam) and some don't (like the place I stayed in Milan). However, both places that charged had made note of this on their page. Alberta did not specify this in her listing but she was clear to note the 5 euros/day for the a/c.
This is not what ruined the trip for us. First of all, the neighbourhood was run down with graffiti vandalized buildings everywhere. As two girls travelling, we felt very unsafe just leaving the place because we would get cat called and approached. Moving on to the "studio". It should not be called a studio as it is simply a bedroom with an ensuite bathroom. There are three rooms in total at this apartment and there is no soundproofing meaning I would get woken up in the middle of the night or very early in the morning if one of my "neighbours" were leaving/entering or even just talking loudly. Next is the washroom. There are no windows in the washroom, just a very weak ceiling fan that would only stayed turned on for a couple minutes beside automatically turning off. During our entire stay, there was this horrendous damp and musty smell that would creep into the bedroom despite us continuously keeping the fan on. The wifi was very very slow as you are sharing it with the people in the two other rooms. This made skyping loved ones back home near impossible. We also had to rely on the Internet to research on where to go, which bus to take there, etc as we did not have data/valid SIM card for our phones but the slow internet made it very difficult.
Honestly, there is nothing good I can say about this apartment. If I were being generous, I would admit the bus stop right across from the apartment is convenient but does not make up for the fact that the place is rather far from city centre. I will be visiting Rome again but I will DEFINITELY NOT BE staying at this place again.
地方同埋環境都好差。冇電梯。又上唔到網。洗手間又冇窗，風扇又冇力 所以搞到成間房好臭 up住 up 住咁。我建議你們俾多d錢都唔好黎呢到住。