We stayed in Giacomo's apartment for a week and it was wonderful. The location was perfect. From the apartment we walked to many of the attractions and only took the underground a few times. The street (Via Laurina) is a nice and quiet street connecting two larger streets which are full of life in the daytime.

Giacomo has been nothing but kind and helpful to us - the best host. We could easily get in touch with him in the time before our arrival and when we arrived to the apartment he welcomed us in the nicest way. He was very helpful giving tips for restaurants, attractions and answered all of our questions! He also offered us to stay another day because the apartment was free for one more night which we would have loved too if we didn't already had booked our return flight.

We can very much recommend Giacomo's apartment. We had an amazing trip and we would very much like to visit Roma and stay in the apartment again some day. We could not wish for a better host who by the way had made sure that we had coffee for the whole stay and some fruit, wine and nice cake when we arrived.

We give our best recommendations for this apartment and Giacomo.

Tips about the city:

Giacomo recommended two restaurants: Da Baffetto (Very good pizzas and a good experience. The service is almost not existing though but that is part of the charm. It is a popular place, where you eat your dinner side by side with strangers) and Recaffe where we had a very good chicken experience.

Shopping: There are a lot of shops in the two larger streets Via del Corso and Via del Babuino (expensive). When we went to Basilica di San Pietro we walked via Via Cola di Rienzo where shopping is possible as well. In number 246 a very nice shop, Gente, has an outlet where you can get brands at a very good price. We also went to an outlet city Castel Romano Designer Outlet which is located outside the centre of Roma (Via Ponte di Piscina Cupa 64, 00128.

Parks and green areas: The apartment is located close to a very nice park Villa Borghese. You can walk from the apartment to a very nice green spot where you can take a brake from the city and enjoy the sun! We also went to a lake by the metro station EUR Fermi - Happy Lake. This was such a nice spot with locals enjoying the sun, the lake and each other - very nice.

Last but not least we enjoyed almost all of Romas must sees attractions and we are totally amazed by this wonderful city!