We were really excited for our trip to Rome and our stay at Impero. Firstly the positives! The room itself was very nice. It was clean and smart looking with plenty of places to put clothes etc. The bathroom was a bit small but generally the room was very good. Our welcome was very pleasant and the lady was very nice. She offered us coffee and a little snack. In all the actual room was good. Breakfasts were more than adequate. We got coffee, packeted pastries (croissants etc) and cereal/yoghurt was available. Can't complain.

There were a few issues that I know I would have wanted to know about before going. Firstly one of the biggest issues I had was on our first day they unlocked our room and moved all our things (clothes, valuables, passports etc.) while we were out to another room without telling us. This shocked us and for a moment genuinely made us believe we had been robbed. This was somewhat unsettling and there was a definite lack of communication there! Secondly the BnB is on quite a busy road which on a Saturday night can be heard clearly in the room. This did bother us unfortunately (and I am from central London so I am used to busy streets etc). Thirdly, the rooms are EXTREMELY close together so if you have an inconsiderate group also staying there (with a screaming child) you can hear it. However, I realise we were unlucky in this respect and it wasn't the host's fault! Finally our last issue was that the host (who speaks English) wasn't there for the major part of our stay. This disappointed us greatly as we have used Air BnB in the past in order to get tips for where to eat or an explanation on where its best to get the bus from (and other local info that would be useful). Unfortunately the lady who welcomed us (although very nice!) didn't speak a lot of English and although I tried my very basic Italian it was impossible to get any good information about the area we were staying in. This would have been incredibly useful as although it is relatively close to the Vatican it is a very very long walk to historical Rome e.g. Colosseum and tips on public transport would have been useful.

Therefore I would conclude by saying that the actual BnB was very pleasant and that the hosts are lovely. I think most of our bad experience stemmed from our co-guests and our general ignorance of the area we were staying in. So I would recommend Impero to anyone who has been to Rome before (recently) and knows it and the buses well! For everyone else I would recommend somewhere on the other side of the river closer to everything!