Appartamento Palazzo dei Fabii

Very friendly. Nice place to stay, very central but quiet. Just right for a visit for a dad with teenage son... May come again with my teenage daughter...

Komfortabel und sauber

This is a beautiful apartment in an amazing location (with the benefit of being right next to a distinctive bend in the river Tiber which makes it easy to find after a day of sight-seeing!). It is also close enough to walk to many of the tourist spots; even the Vatican is no more than half an hour walk away. (FYI I’d advise anyone going to Rome to walk everywhere, you come across some amazing sights you’d miss if you took the metro) The apartment itself is really lovely. From the outside it doesn’t look much (my girlfriend was a little concerned about what I had booked!) but once you’ve gone up the stairs and walked in its cosy, warm and very inviting. As soon as you walk through the door you’re in a rustic kitchen with the bathroom off to your right. Straight ahead of you is the living room and at the end of that are the stairs up to the bedrooms. The bedrooms are on a wooden mezzanine floor which along with the pictures and decor adds so much character to the place. The first bedroom is the main one with a door way at the end which leads to a sofa which can be used as a single bed. It’s worth knowing that the only access to this second bedroom is through the first. The second bedroom doesn’t contain a TV but we used the desk in there to watch films on our tablet PC. There are, however, TV’s in the living room and main bedroom. The food in the local area is not only amazing, it’s really cheap. From just two doors away we had two croissants and two coffees for around two euros every morning and got addicted to the risotto balls too which were only one euro each! Two doors down the other way the restaurant, Il Giardino Romano, does pizzas that start at six euros which is very cheap for anywhere, let alone Rome! I booked a transfer from and to the airport through Secret Places and the owners of the apartment which was a few Euro’s more than just getting a taxi straight from the airport but had the advantage of them knowing exactly where the apartment was. It also meant that when we arrived I was able to get the transfer driver to contact the owners so they could come and give us the key as it wasn’t altogether clear if they were meeting us there or if we were supposed to go somewhere else. It was an absolutely amazing holiday and I cannot recommend this apartment and secret places enough. The owner was incredibly helpful giving us a map and pointing out where to go when we first got there, the apartment was stunning and the location was ideal.