The apartment is situated in a good position to explore Rome with the metro station a 5 minute walk away. The metro line provides access to all the main areas without need to change trains.
There are a number of good local supermarkets but I didn’t rate any of the local restaurants. However, the metro provides access to great restaurants and the Vatican area is only a 15-20 minute walk away.
The apartment has a great terrace which has the sun on it until 4pm (in May). Both bedrooms provided plenty of space. The kitchen and lounge area is small but provided us with everything we needed as we spent most of the day out of the apartment or on the terrace and had evening meals out at restaurants. The owner did knock on the door to make sure everything was ok and we did mention to the owner that there was only a single wine glass available and the owner arrived an hour later with brand new wine glasses which was very kind.
We were able to access the apartment earlier then the check in time to drop our luggage off.
A quick general note. We arrived at Ciampino airport and took a taxi which dropped us in Rome for €31. This was really good but we returned to the airport for our departure by using the metro near the apartment to get to the Termini stop. From Termini, we had a direct train to Ciampino and then a direct bus from the train station to the airport. This was by far the best way to get back to the airport as it avoids all the traffic in Rome. I would also recommend it for getting into Rome initially. The costs were:
- €1.50 for the metro
- €3.50 for the train
- €1 for the bus