Myself and my wife had a very nice stay in B&B Roma. Giancarlo and Myriam are charming hosts as are the two girls working for them. Nice bedroom, good bedding, and a beautiful flowery garden. Enjoyed our breakfast each morning in the sun lounge. Ciao, Fran and Sylvie Hopper

Me and my wife stayed at the B&B in Rome and let me tell you it was not like the website! We got the transfer for 50E.The car smelled like old dogs and if you got there you'll find out why.They said on the site that Gino and Miriam speak English.They dont!You are told on the site that you will have breakfast in a warm spot inside with music.Instead you are not permitted in the house and you have breakfast in the cold ouside on plastic chairs and instant coffe and a day old danish.You are not close to anything.Its a 40 minute busride to center.The room was a DUMP!The hospitality a joke!The price a rip-off.Everybody we met at the B&B that were guests were nice people who felt that we were all taking for a ride.Good luck if you decide to stay there.
Jeff

This was the first stop on our 2 week trip and we would not reccommend this B&B. We inquired about their pick up service but did not request it...But there was our name when we came out of the airport so we felt we had to go.50E and we didn't know these were the owners so had to get $ right there and pay the exchange rate - as there were no ATM's around. (nothing was said like you can pay later with your bill) The room was ok - bath was clean - we did not stay for breakfast as it was soooo far out that we had to get the bus. later at night we had to wait 1 hr to catch the bus back....very bad after 11 hrs sighseeing. This place is way out there - not convenient at all.

We chose this b&b from its descriptions on the internet- it sounded modern, quiet and conveniently located (if slightly out of the centre of Rome itself). Boy, were we disappointed on arrival!!

We had the suite which comprised 2 rooms and a small kitchen and bathroom (shower only). The beds were ancient with very thin matresses-we woke up with backache every morning. (This is a particularly bad thing in Rome where a comfortable and restful night's sleep is crucial because you do a serious amount of walking every day.)

The toilet was built 2cm from the shower cubicle which meant (forgive me for being graphic!) that you had to sit sideways to the left to be able to fit in your legs (there was a wall on the right). To add to the gymnastic routine , the toilet paper was located on the right hand side behind you.

On arrival , the toilet and shower were filthy-very off putting. They did clean it when we told this to owners.

Breakfast was very basic and was served outside on the verranda. There was never any cuttlery or coffee cups on the table - the owners assumed that since there was a small kitchen in the suite-we were supposed to bring our own cuttlery and cups with us . There was never any regard to making sure that the coffee was hot. They put it on the table at some point (we were never sure of when and they never knocked to let us know it was there) and that was that. The service provided was very poor.

Although the internet description claims the b&b is close to St Peters and the Vatican, it takes at least 15 minutes by bus to get to the Vatican and then another 10 minutes into Rome's centre. We also found it a challenge if we wanted to stay in Rome's centre at night and take public transport back. The most direct bus service's stops at 10pm and if we wanted to come back that way we had to change lines twice and then do some wallking back. We ended up taking taxi's (clearly much more expensive) back to avoid the hassle.

We also arranged a transfer from the airport with the owners (given it was our first time in Rome) and discovered later that they actually asked a lot more than a taxi would take to the airport (the b&b is very close to the airport)!

The good sides to this place is that it is quiet and has a lovely garden and veranda. The aircon in the room also worked well.

Having stayed in many b&b's we have come to expect that the owners show more individual concern that the guest is comfortable and make sure that they are. There was no care whatsoever from the owners as to whether or not we were comfortable or enjoying our stay.

Overall, I would not recommend this b&b and am definitely not going back there.


My suggestion would be to take something closer to Rome's centre and be very very careful of the hotel/b&b's description of the accommodation and location.