This apartment is located just a 2 min walk from the Pantheon - that makes it amazing for location and loud at night; the price you pay to be in the center of things. We walked to the Colosseum, the Spanish Steps and Vatican City. The apartment is one floor up with marble steps. It has some nice period architectural features inside as well. Two bedrooms with two complete baths was a must for us, so to get this location and those amenities it was a great value. The decor is what we in the US would refer to as “Shabby Chic”. Unfortunately this is mostly shabby. The settee and chair in the kitchen are completely shot and take up space around the table making that area tight. Also, the floating nightstand in our room was not attached to the bracket so it flipped off as soon as I set my phone there, but I could make that work on the floor. Both bedrooms are loft rooms, up a flight of stairs and located in two different parts of the apartment, which was great for adults staying together. One has en suite and the other bath is downstairs. It does have a small washer, but lacked a drying rack. Again, we made it work, it just wasn’t at the level of quality we have come to associate with Air BnB properties.
Where the apartment fell short is with the host responsibilities for having the apartment ready for us, and then taking care of a problem once we let her know we needed linens. There were no hand towels for either bathroom and no towels, paper towels, napkins or anything for the kitchen. There is a European coffee machine but no coffee pods (we usually get at least one morning’s worth so we know what to buy). This could have all been taken care of by Momo when I replied that we needed hand towels, but the communication stopped there. We were staying for a week, so towels were necessary. Fortunately my son found a large trash bag full of dirty laundry in the entry closet, so we dug through and found a few hand towels, a shower floor mat and a couple kitchen towels that we could wash, so all ended well for us. Guests should not have to do all that at an Air BnB property. We are currently staying in Venice in our 3rd Air BnB of this trip and we had everything we needed just like the one before Rome. It’s such a great apartment and location so I hope Momo gets this figured out soon.