We chose Olga’s apartment for its location and accessibility. The first delivered, the second did not. Being so close to the Piazza Navona was wonderful and being able to walk to most places we wanted to see was a huge bonus. However, though there was a lift in the building; it didn’t provide (as the description on Airbnb said) “There is a step free path that leads to your lift. The lift door is at least 32 inches wide” (maybe Airbnb needs to give more options on how the lift can be described). From the street level there are 4 steps down to the lift and then there are 11 steps down from the lift to the apartment; if using the stairs only, from the street level there are 44 stairs to the apartment. To be fair, Olga was amazing when I raised with her re the stairs, (as the day before we arrived I saw a review that said about stairs) – we are both over 60 and had booked the apartment as it had a lift and after travelling in Italy for 2 months we had a fair bit of luggage – on our arrival she carried the bags down the stairs, stacked them in the little lift and then got them into the apartment for us. Then when we were leaving she arrived at 7.10am on a Sunday morning to do it in reverse and carried the bags up the stairs to the lift and then again at the bottom up the 4 stairs to street level – thank you Olga!
The apartment is small, but was adequate for the two of us, with one of the most comfortable beds and pillows sets we had in our 2 months in Italy. Having a washing machine is a huge bonus (we left some washing powder under the sink), but be aware that the kitchen is tiny; there is no oven, the small “bar” size fridge has no freezer, you may need a step ladder to access the cupboards in the kitchen and the building has quite stringent rules about garbage (make sure you get it clear in your own mind of what colour bags are for what rubbish in the bins inside the front door).
Stayed November 2017