We stayed at the Top apartment for one night of a projected 5 night stay, but left the next day, fortunately only paying for one night. This is a group of rooms at the top of an ancient house near the Roman Forum. It's not a B&B. Actually part of it is someone's home, who travels a lot. The other is like a very poor student room, with an old stove where the wardrobe should be.

Location is great, everything else is awful. The rooms are old, the decor is neglected, the overall feeling is of dinginess. There was mould growing in the coffee filter.

There is almost no price low enough to justify staying here, and the price was not low! We were supposed to pay Euro 190 per night for a group of 4 people. I wouldn't have stayed for 50!

Fortunately we discovered the Hotel Palatino, nearby, and had a great holiday.

Please do not stay here!

We just returned from a 9 day stay in Rome, we stayed at the La Dolce Vita at Trivi Fountain. It was a great apartment, simply furnished, clean and a great location, only a block from the Trivi Fountain. We were greated by Mario (Mario & Luca are the contacts) and he was very friendly and professional.

Our plane arrived early (7:30am) so after the trip from the airport, which was arranged by Luca, we were greeted by Mario at the apartment. The apartment was very clean, they were cleaning it that morning after another quest had left early that day and they had it done by the time we arrived.

This is a very nice apartment, nothing too fancy but very functional and clean, in a perfect location.
The entire expeience with the apartment was wonderfull, Luca was our e-mail contact and he returned all of our e-mails with all of the answers that we had. This is not a hotel so you are on your own to enjoy Rome. We went with our kids all teenage years and it was a great time and cheaper that hotels.

We will definitely stay here again on our next vist to Rome!
Side Note: Watch you pockets and purses in Rome, they have a BIG problem with snatches in crowds on buses and subways- other than that we felt safe everywhere else.

This is the 2nd time that we've stayed at the Trevi Apartment.

The place is very nice. 3 bedroom, 2 bath and a kitchen, living room. Location is perfect. Short walk to Trevi fountain, 15 minutes to the Pantheon. If you have a group it's an unbeatable place to stay. It's nice to stay in a place where you have room to move. If you are a hotel person and need people to make dinner and tour arrangements, this isn't the place for you, but if you like to have space and feel like your living as a local you can't beat it. Every morning we made our own breakfast and coffee, so that saved us some money.

Luca and Mario have always been very good to us. We've also stayed at the Top Apartment. They prefer that cash be left for payment, but it's not a big deal. We usually leave it in an envelope the night before we leave and they pick it up while we are out.

Many good restaurants in the area. A very good gelato place a few doors down. A little more expensive than the others, but the quality is better. There's also a great market at the end of Trevi fountain.

If anyone has any questions, feel free to e-mail me.
Rich

I have just returned from spending a long weekend in Rome staying at the Dolce Vita Apartment.

The Apartment is clean and furnished in what I imagine to be a traditional way. Although due to unforeseen circumstances we arrived a day late this was not a problem. We paid the agreed price at the agreed time and Lucca then advised they had installed a telephone we could use at no cost to make calls to any landline European number.

It was a very homely apartment in an architecturally stunning part of the city. I would recommend this apartment for people visiting in the future although I would say due to the stairs it is probably not suitable for people with small children or mobility problems.