After our stay at Constanza’s Monte apartment all previous, as well as the other unit we took for the second half of our trip,
could be put in another, inferior, category.
The layout, scale, furnishings, artwork, enormous windows, daylight collectively were of a higher caliber than what we had come to accept for AirB&B host apartments in our price range.
The bed and linens in the master bedroom were above standard. The second bedroom had a separate, private feel.
There wasn’t a dearth of IKEA things around.
Monte is a great area where we’ve never stayed before. Many small unusual shops, narrow hilly streets…some areas had an almost Parisian feel. There’s a lot less of the crass commercialism that you see elsewhere.
There are lots of Italian students and you do hear them on weekend nights in the front rooms but this didn’t bother us…in fact, after visiting our son in Trastevere, we were happy to be reminded that Rome is still a vibrant city that was there long before the tourists came.
The building is almost done with what looked to be a fairly major upgrade.
It is situated on a bright, open corner across from a lovely church, with a view of the Coliseum at the end of the street. It doesn’t get much better than this.