I had a super 5 star stay here. The apartment is super clean, modern, and with a fantastic shower! Geraldine really went out of her way to make sure that I and the other guest had everything we needed to be completely comfortable including towels, clothes washing stuff, and a great breakfast including home-made yoghurt! She spent time helping me with local transport and things to do. There are cats, and they are super well behaved and never allowed to go into the guest rooms. The bed was comfortable.
Vitinia is a very convenient location - very close to the beach in Ostia!! I highly recommend the volcanic black sandy beach. And also 30mins from the city centre on the train/metro. I didn't go out everyday and Geraldine was totally cool with me working in the apartment, we also cooked together a couple of times and she showed me the local shops and great coffee bar.
I expected the place to be some kind of permaculture centre with lots of people or a community from the name RIPE. It is more of a home garden project, however it is a serious project with a great vision that Geraldine puts a huge amount of work and creativity into which I really admire and there is a lot of permaculture experimentation going on in this space. It was really interesting to look around the garden and learn about the project. Super interesting general conversations too!
I arrived late, after midnight, and there is no public transport from the airport (Fiumicino) after 11:30pm, so I had to get a taxi which I paid 40euros for!!! But apparently, I was charged way too much and it shouldn't be that much so be careful! Geraldine was very helpful and kindly stayed up until I arrived!
All in all, a very comfortable stay. I felt totally at ease and at home. Thank you very much Geraldine! Ciao :)!!!