Monica's apartment is a cool place in bloody hot Rome (2015 august). The clean apartment on the third floor has everything you need and more. We didn’t use the elevator because it seems to be out of order. Monica gave us a warm welcome and that’s something I can’t say about Romans in general. Don’t accept help from anyone in public places, it’s fake kindness and they just want your money and sometimes more than that.
Most of Rome’s highlights are just a 5 to 20 minutes’ walk. In the neighbourhood you can find plenty of fine restaurants, little supermarkets, bars, and takeaway food.
To get there from Ciampino Airport (CIA) we first took a bus to Ciampino train station. This (every 30 minutes) bus departs from platform 4 (next to the shuttlebuses look for “Cotral” on the road paving). Buy your ticket on the bus for €1,20. From Ciampino train station you go to Termini station in the heart of Rome. Buy your ticket in the kiosk on Ciampino train station for €1,50.
Shuttle busses directly from Ciampino to Termini are unreliable (often overbooked, sometimes cancelled, chaos and long lines at the platform where several bus company’s depart). Most of the taxi drivers seems to be thieves. They ask more than the fixed price of €30 (forced by law). Look for the unpleasant story’s on the internet.
From Termini you could walk to the apartment but traveling by metro is more comfortable. Buy your ticket for €1,50 at the ticket machine, go through the automatic turnstiles and choose line B in the direction of Laurentina. The first stop is Cavour and from there it’s less than a 5 minutes’ walk to the apartment.
Thank you Monica! We had a good time in Rome, also because of your place.