When I began my search for an apartment in Rome I had 2 things in my mind
- first and foremost: Nice looking, clean and comfortable to be in Bathroom.
- second: Nice, big, comfortable bed.
Those 2 things were most important for me and Angie's apartment offers both of those.
Third most important was transport, which should be close to center or to the transport. I would not say her apartment is in walking distance to the main city sightseeing attractions, because it takes around 30, maybe 40 min of walking to get to the main attractions and when you are walking all day anyway it seems too much to walk even some more when it's unnecessary, because.. the transport is right at the front door of her building. So everyday we just hop on bus lines 280 or 301 and all was easy from there. So, location is good in that sense!
What pros can I say about my stay that were not initially planned and expected ?
- Her hospitality is top level. She was always ready to help us should we need something. She is a super host indeed.
- She got a lot of snacks, coffe, milk, etc. ready for us, which was definitely nice. I loved the coffe! And the buscuits..
- The place is nice and clean, which is just a confirmation from the pictures that I've seen initially.
She has done everything possible she could to make a guest's stay feel good.
With that said I have to say a few cons from our stay. First is that the apartment is located on the level, which is above the parter. Which techniqly is 1st floor I'd guess. All apartments from the building have a very heavy doors as a front door, the ones at the parter entrance are also big, heavy and.. when opened and closed - loud. Which is being felt/heard in the mornings and if you decide to go to sleep earlier than usual - around 22:00/23:00 let's say. It's definitely not unbearable, but I sleep light and I am hearing those noises. And that's also because the bed/bedroom is close to the front door of the apartment and you a few metres from the corridor. Second is again something related to the noise around and it's because there is a door in the apartment which is locked, but is a door that seperates her apartment from the guest's apartment. So she/someone is living right next room and there is a (big metal) door that seperates both apartments, which can not isolate noise coming from the second apartment the say way a wall could let's say.
I was satisfied with my stay at Angie's place and I thank her for her hospitality!