Tullio was an excellent host! Communication and service were top notch. His place is literally 2.5 blocks from the north entrance of the Vatican Museums, book tickets in advance to skip the line. Easy location to get to! From airport get a 90 minute ticket to the Roma Termini, once there go down a few floors and take the Metro A toward Battistini and get off at the Ottaviano stop and walk two blocks. If your ticket from the airport doesn’t work you can just scan your credit card at the turnstile to the metro, must use separate credit card per ticket €1.50 each. We were able to drop our bags off a few hours early, meet with Tullio, get the keys and head straight to the Vatican!
After our long flight the mattress felt like a cloud to sleep on. The room is about the size of a small hotel room but it is perfect. When you first arrive plug in the refrigerator if you want your beverages to be cold later and double check the hot water is working. Unfortunately we had to take freezing cold showers each night as the temperature balancer in the shower head is messed up. Tullio came and fixed it each night and the water magically worked but a little too late when you’re sweaty from walking all day. After the third night we found a simple trick that would get you hot water in the shower head for 20-30 seconds at a time. Turn on the hands held water, wait for the warm water, switch back to the shower head, wash and repeat.
Other than this minor hiccup the place was great. There isn’t any AC but there is an awesome rotating fan. Bring ear plugs as you’re above the main entry door on the 2nd floor and you’ll need the windows open. Our first night there unfortunately was a finals match for three Italy fútbol team which they won. The bar down the street was very loud and then people blowing their car/moped horns for 30 minutes solid afterwards was not entertaining in the least. The walls to the unit next door is pretty thin and we had some college students next door door a night as well.
My only other recommendation is DO NOT eat at the restaurant just south and on the same side of the street as the ABnB. Take Tullio’s recommendation and eat across the street.
Overall a fantastic experience! The unit is very secure. You enter the building through a locked front door, go up the flight of stairs, enter across from the elevator into another locked door to a small shared hall, and then enter the unit through another locked door. We stayed in #2 and were very happy! Make sure to turn off the hall light and lock the shared entry door to respect others staying in the other units. If you can’t handle the heat, I’d recommend surveying more for A/C but we found throughout Italy that most places don’t have it and we were typically pretty good without it. Tullio was amazing and having the loud rotating fan was a sleep saver! Would definitely stay again! Great location and service!