We returned yesterday from our fantastic stay in Fernando's apartment in Rome. We were three girls staying for a short 3 day city break. We arrived quite late on Sunday night to Fiumicino Airport where Fernando met and collected us and took us back to the apartment. Here, we also met Fernando's son Davide who orientated us well to the apartment, the local area, and gave us some tips on the city/metro etc. In the apartment was an information folder too on tourist attractions and local amenities. We also received a map from our hosts with nearby recommended restaurants and 24 hour supermarkets etc which was really helpful.

The apartment itself was spotlessly clean, really modern and the perfect size for us. We ate breakfast here but we ate out for our other meals. The kitchen was really well equipped and had a stock of tea/coffee/pasta etc so self catering would be easy to do. Also, the terrace was a nice added bonus. The location was ideal, just around the corner from the nearest Metro stop at Colli Albani square, taking just minutes to the centre of Rome. There are also regular buses in the square too.

We purchased Omnia city passes before we arrived which included 72h unlimited use of the Metro, buses and the hop on hop off bus tours, plus entry into the main attractions. Included in this is a queue jump into the Coliseum and the Vatican which was priceless (the queue was huge!) It also removed the difficulty of ordering things when we don't speak any Italian! The nearest collection point for the passes was at St John in the Lateran which was about a 30 minute walk from the apartment on the first morning.

All in all we had a fantastic trip to Rome which is a beautiful city. And having an apartment rather than a hotel room gave us a lot more space and flexibility. It was also much more affordable than hotels we had looked at. Excellent value for money! Fernando and Davide (who also took us back to the airport when we left!) were very warm and welcoming and available if we needed them during our stay. If we return to Rome we would not look anywhere else but this apartment and would recommend it to all our friends and family to stay in too.

Thank you for a fantastic stay. We hope to see you again in the future!

Louise, Gabriela and Amy x