Max & Daniella
We had a wonderful stay at Max and Daniella’s place. You can tell they have owned and operated businesses before, from how professionally they run their B&B. In European standards, or even US B&B standards, our room was HUGE. The bed was very comfortable. The bath / toilet room is also good sized and kept very clean. One very nice surprise was our bed was made every morning after we left!
Max is very interesting and personable and speaks perfect English. We arranged to have him pick us up and take us back to the airport. The cost was similar to a taxi, but much less stressful knowing he would meet us at the airport and, on our return trip, get us to the airport in time to make our fight.
The B&B is located in the Balduina area, which is a short 15-20 minute bus ride (Bus 913) from the city center. The bus is an easy way to get around Rome, but make sure you can recognize several landmarks so you can get back to the correct Balduina bus stop at night. Studying the bus routes before you go out and downloading a copy to your smart phone is highly recommended. Most locals are very helpful, even if you can’t speak Italian and they can’t speak your language. Several times we just show people at the bus stop a card with the word “Balduina” (or said “Balduina?”)and they would let us know if we were at the bus stop going the correct direction.
Walking distance from the bus stop closest to the B&B are numerous restaurants (even two Chinese ones) and many shops from bakeries, supermarkets, clothes stores, sidewalk vendors, etc. There is a sign advertising one of the Chinese restaurants with an arrow pointing to the left. Warring - If you follow it, you’ll get lost. We were told, we should have just continued walking up the hill.