The building had police tape around it and armed guards standing out front 24 hours a day. The headquarters for a national fascist political party share the building… it’s a lot to have to think about when you’re just trying to see the Colosseum and Vatican… I would never have stayed here if it had been in the listing and that’s probably why he doesn’t include it in the listing, but people need to know they’ll be sharing the building with the headquarters of a very large fascist political party.
It’s a hassle to get the hot water running and it only ever got lukewarm. You’ll need to run the water in the kitchen to kick on the water heater, then run to whatever bathroom you’re using to turn on the hot water there, then run back to the kitchen to turn off that hot water, and then it’s not very warm.
Some of the bedroom art is really brutal with scenes of human death and suffering.
The night before our checkout, at 8PM, we were told that it would be best to pack up our belongings and load up the car because our car wouldn’t be allowed to drive into the neighborhood the next morning… imagine being told that around 8PM the night Before you’re due to check out… imagine the stress you’d feel from needing to coordinate that at the last moment. We weren’t even at the Airbnb when he sent that message because we were still seeing the sights. That’s another thing that wasn’t in the listing: you can drive up to drop off your belongings but not to pick them up. And parking is Hell and far away. He ended up paying for a cab from the Airbnb to the parking deck but we’d already gone through tons of stress that he created for us and he only paid because I told him to pay since this incredible inconvenience (requiring me to shift my evening and end up re-parking the car) wasn’t in his listing. He didn’t offer and he seemed utterly bewildered that I didn’t view him as a hero for telling me at 8PM the night before checkout that I wouldn’t be allowed to drive the car up to load our luggage.
Stay here at your own risk. No one needs to worry about flying through the air at night with bricks and landing in Heaven all because the host didn’t mention the fascist headquarters…