Frederico’s apartment is the perfect location to walk to the coliseum and other roman treasures. It is spacious and clean. The balcony view is charming. The bedrooms are nice and during 98 degrees we had the best air conditioning so far in the five countries of this trip.
The only thing we did not enjoy was the check-in process. We were required to provide our passports or driver’s license photo and a picture of us holding the document. The photos had to be uploaded to a site other than air bnb in order to gain electronic key access. At this point we are booked and had no idea this was a requirement. I feel like these things should be disclosed in the write-up about the apartment. This felt a bit invasive given our identities were already confirmed by air bnb. After doing this and accessing the electronic site, the key did not work due to a power and modem issue. Plus the first two guests to arrive could not get their cellular to work on their international plan complicating electronic access further. In order to get to the apartment you have to gain electronic access through a gate, take an elevator up 5 floors, use a digital code to get access to the room and then obtain a physical key. L that works on the gate. Despite multiple challenges with this we did get great support from the owner and so eventually got in. Perhaps our experience with the entry was not the norm and due to the power outage. The owner was indeed very nice.
The location is absolutely amazing. If you are going to Rome, I highly recommend this location. You can walk two blocks and be at the coliseum. We ate at a restaurant on the corner and could look at the collision all night. Stunning and beautiful.