Fantastic location close to supermarket and cafes. Easy walk to Vatican and the centre of Rome, we love walking, best way to explore the beautiful city of Rome. Loved hearing the bells of St Peter's Church ringing and the great view from the balcony. Very quiet street and bedroom is very dark for sleeping.
Allow an extra hour to your flight arrival time if you do not have an European passport as we travelled from Australia and had to wait in the customs line for 45 minutes and our driver was not there and Maria's greeting was very cool and seemed annoyed with us. After travelling for 24 hours we felt very disappointed at her response, but her wonderful apartment and facilities made up for it.
If you are planning on visiting the Vatican paid the extra euros for a guided tour and book into the first one of the day. We paid €46 for the tour and worth it as the line
up is crazy! Same for the colosseum, we arrived at 9.00am and there was no line up and decided not to do the guide thing as we liked going at our own pace. Make sure you visit the old town Rome too, included in Colosseum pass for €16, great value. We walked to the Colosseum from Maria's apartment, beautiful walk. Took about 40 minutes and lived all the sights on the way. Caught the metro to centra station, good fun!
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