The positive reviews are well deserved, not hype, if a quiet private getaway is the kind of retreat you like. We had a wonderful but too short (2 nights) Roman vacation, and stayed at Al Colonnato di San Pietro. Actually, because we booked so close to our trip, we stayed in the Sun Apartment, in a building about a block away from the B&B, with a mini kitchen (single burner) supplied with some comestibles including biscotti and marmalade, cereal, a heaping bowl of fresh fruit, milk, tea, and coffee, etc. Rosa Maria, the hostess at the B&B, also lets the Sun Apartment and the adjacent Moon Apartment just down the street from the B&B. The room was spacious by European standards, spotless, with a nice bathroom and plenty of privacy. The quiet neighborhood is mostly populated by "locals" as opposed to tourists, so you can get a feel for the real Rome, but it is a very short walk to St. Peter's (San Pietro) Basilica, the Vatican Museum, and also a short trek across the bridge and the Tiber to old Rome. We kept pinching ourselves--can you believe we are sleeping within shouting distance from Michelangelo's Pietà and Sistine Chapel?! In fact, you can hear the bells from San Pietro from the room--what a wonderful alarm clock! From the moment we arrived, exhausted, we were whisked by Mercedes from the airport (we highly recommend the car service Rosa Maria arranged for 40€). We were made to feel comfortable by the warm welcome from Rosa Maria when we arrived at the flat. We tried both of the neighborhood restaurants that she recommended, which were excellent and quite reasonably priced for Rome. One in fact had some of the best pasta we've had in Italy! Rosa Maria and Meldi, her charming assistant, invited us to have a cappuccino to chat and talk politics in the B&B apartment on our last morning there, when we dropped off our luggage, which was a treat. Next time, we will make arrangements earlier and get one of the lovely rooms in the B&B itself (which we took a peek at)!