Our stay at the Carpidiem was was wonderful. On our first day, my mother fell and sustained a slight fracture of her nose. The staff responded immediately and with sincere concern. One of the staff personally drove us to a nearby hospital where we were treated quickly and professionally. My mother and I are both medical professionals and we were impressed by the care she received. The manager and the staff were warm, friendly, helpful and professional. There were no "hidden charges" or surprises other than the exceptional generosity of the entire staff. Much love and fondest remembrances to Maya, Enzio, Mikala, Massimo, and everyone else we encountered. We met many of the other guest and found the environment clean, safe, and beautiful. Anyone who does not enjoy their stay at this wonderful place could not enjoy themselves anywhere in the world. Service and attention to guests every need was exceptional, the place was clean and sparkling, the food at the club house excellent, and we could not have stayed in a more comfortable and pleasing place. We were sad to leave the wonderful people we met and fell in love with. MAGNIFICO! PERFECTO! Love to all. We will remember our stay at the Carpediem forever!

Although the Carpe Diem is not in Rome proper - the property is beautiful as is the view and countryside. We were very pleased with the actual villa - clean and beautifully furnished! But the greatest asset of the Carpediem is the staff! My husband and I became very sick after just two days in Rome - not only the staff but the owner of the property went out of their way to contact a doctor and subsequently help us get to a hospital. After we returned home, we received a letter from the owner wishing us good health and a quick return to Rome - HOW HOSPITABLE IS THAT? I've never expericenced such genuine concern from a tourist spot. Hopefully we will be returning to Rome and the Carpediem in the near future!

We recently stayed at this location (December 2006) on a RCI exchange and have regretted it ever since. Talk about a waste of 80 hours of vacation time. If you read the reviews about this place let me confirm that every one of them are true. We didn't lose water on this trip but every thing else happened to us, including getting robbed on the metro. Think European Vacation and multiply it by 3, that was our experience at this place. I highly recommend you read all the reviews on this place first before making any commitment to staying there.

I will say that most of the staff was semi-helpful, Alex in particular. Language did not seem to be a major problem, but that was the only thing. The manager herself couldn't get it together and constantly changed her decisions from one day to the next, making the stay that much more uncomfortable. The moment we checked in our welcome was a fight with the manager, which introduced us to the place. We had just come off a long airplane ride, had a lot of trouble finding the place, were extremely tired, and the manager gets an attitude. What a joke. I knew then that we were in for a very long two weeks.

Fortunately we only dealt with her the first three days and the very last day we were there. Alex, however, proved to be most helpful but his authority was very limited.

We never used the "services" (pool and what not) but still had to pay for them (30 Euros per person). Add 3 Euros per person per trip in their "shuttle", multiply it by 5 and it adds up quickly. Then add a lot of hidden charges that took us by surprise.

We went there with the understanding that we could put 5 people in our room, but the second week they changed our room and would not permit the fifth person. Thus we had to split the family sending our two daughters to another hotel in Rome. Who, by the way, got the better end of the deal. I wish I could remember the name of the hotel we sent the girls to but it escapes me at the moment. However, it was clean, with continental breakfast, and very, very reasonable (only $460 [dollars not Euros], for 6 days for two girls). My wife, son, and I were very envious. They also had access to great transportation, not like us who had to rely on the whim of Carpediem.

Now for the rooms. A dog kennel would have been preferred. Room service was the pits, as I had to ask for clean towels three times during our two week stay. There was no insulation between the lower floor and the upper floor, hence you could hear everything going on upstairs. Then there were the smokers, with no insulation and poor ventilation, smoke came from everywhere. Now normally cigarette smoke does not bother me (I don't smoke) but in this case it did. Poor ventilation was the cause of this. So if I was suffering from this think about what it was doing to my wife who is very sensitive to these types of pollutants. It made sleeping miserable as the room was full of smoke.

Everything in the room was inconvenient (both rooms that we stayed in). The dishes were dirty and had to be hand washed, the dishwashers didn't work, the stoves took forever to bring heat, and the staff hardly ever emptied the trash.

Carpediem does everything for their convenience, not the customer. They do not go out of their way to make your stay comfortable and nice. It is in short hell. In fact hell would have been preferred.

My advice to anyone planning a Rome trip: DON'T. But if you do, whatever happens, NEVER stay at the Carpediem Roma Golf Club. That is a decision you would never regret.

Having arrived at Fiumicino airport and picked up our Hire Car, we drove to the Carpedium Roma Golf Club, via the Grande Raccordo Anulare (GRA) exiting at junction 11 (via Nomentana) just after which we passed a supermarket on the right, which we used for groceries. At the large roundabout we took the second turning (as the first turning takes you back to the GRA) and then took the first turning at the smaller roundabout, the Carpedium Golf Club is on the approx 400 yds on the left.
After checking in we went to the club for meet and greet drinks, all the staff was welcoming and answered all our questions. The next morning we drove to Rebibbia off via Tiburtina and parked at the MetRo Car Park. We bought our 7-day MetRo tickets at the MetRo station and then explored Rome for the next three days commuting by car the short distance from the Carpedium to Rebibbia (this journey took on average 20 minutes. although you have to be a confident driver to cope with the Italian way of driving).
For the rest of the week we explored further south down to Pompeii, Naples and Monte Cassino using the Toll Autostrada's.

The nearest ATM is at the Bancomat in the nearby village about 3 miles away on the road to Santa Lucia - Palombara.
We found the flat clean and functional, with the rooms cleaned daily, the only draw back was taking the card that you have to slot in to get electricity, out of the complex with you as this is used by the gate staff to allow entrance back into the complex.

The scenery around Carpedium is pleasant though not awe-inspiring. The staffs were always polite and although most did not speak English, this was not a barrier to communication. The television was basic and local; however, English television was available in the club on request.

Overall, the costs at staying here were as expected, every RCI that we have vacationed at, have numerous charges not dissimilar to the Carpedium.

Lessons to be learnt are to have your own hire car (there is ample free parking in the underground car park at Carpedium) and explore Rome by MetRo and bus from the nearest MetRo station (parking is €1.50 per day).

We stayed at the Carpedium betwen the 4 - 11th November 2006.