This is really an apartment building - so if you are looking for a swanky lobby and a doorman, this is not for you. However, if you would like to be able to get up in the middle of the night, open the fridge, and grab a bite you will love this place. It is located maybe 3 blocks from the front of the Vatican (VERY important note - many hotels are near Vatican City, but on the "other side" - so you are miles from anything) on a quiet little street. And, also about 3 blocks from Castle Sant Angelo...a great location...we never used a taxi, and in 4 full days walked to everywhere (Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, Villa Borghese, Trastevere and more). The "room" consisted of 3 large bedrooms, a stocked eat-in kitchen, bath w/ shower. There were sofas and chairs in the bedrooms. My teens were delighted w/ the accomodations. The staff could not have been nicer or more helpful - before our arrival, Elisabetta arranged for a van to pick us up at the airport (60 Euros), then , when we were to leave Rome for our cruise, she arranged a van to the port (150 Euro inc), then back to the Borgo at the end of the cruise, and a van to the airport. After the cruise, we were able to stay a single night (usually all stays as for several days, as the entire apartments have to be cleaned). The office also arranged our tickets to the Villa Borghese.
Some quirks you need to know:
1. The office is in the "cellar", and is locked before 7 or 8 am, and then after 6 pm. There is an emergency number you could call if you needed something. If you arrive and the office is closed, they ladies leave your key on the desk in the foyer.
2. The elevators are teeny, and sometimes tricky - you may find yourself carrying cases up or down flights of stairs. This didn't bother us.
3. The rooms have A/C, but the foyer and halls do not as the front door is always propped open.
4. The shower provides a finite amount of hot water. Europeans are used to this. Americans are not. It saves on energy - we Americans should take note.
5. There is a small plaza across from the front door. It may seem like some questionable people hang out there - we never had any interaction. Nuns and priests hang out there, too!

Restaurant notes: If you go out the front door and head to your right, cross 2 streets. On the corner across from the Sisa (a corner market) is a restaurant. Very popular, large portions, reasonable prices. When we went there, all the tourists seemed to be put in one room away from the street, and our waiter was a bit surly. But I would go back for the prices and good food.

If you walk across the Castle Sant Angelo bridge, and veer to your left, eat at the first little cafe across the street. The outside dining area is coverred, the waitstaff is great, and the food was delicious. Also decent prices. We ate there 3 times.

Find a Gelateria Di Palma....so many flavors, and so yummy!

My family stayed in Borgo Pio 2000 for six nights and it was wonderful. We had a two bedroom, fully airconditioned apartment which was clean and noise free (very big plusses in Rome). The two bedroom apartment accomodated seven of us (the living room had a trundle bed) and an extra cot was put into one of the bedrooms. The air-conditioning worked beautifully and it was refreshing feeling after a hot day of walking around Rome. The location is ideal for families as it is a quiet neighborhood with several nice restaurants around the cornerr on Borgo Pio. After dinner a quick stroll (a few blocks) will bring you face to face with the Vatican lit up at night --- an awesome sight! To see the rest of Rome is a bit of a walk but you can always take a cab to a more central location (like the Pantheon) for about 8 euros and then start your walking from there (we travelled with grandparents and small children so we did this sometimes). We never made dinner (only two small ranges and no oven) but we did have breakfast there every morning. It was also nice to have cold water and sodas whenever we liked in our refrigerator. I highly recommend this place!!

We have just stayed for 6 nights in the two person appartment in Rome. I would recommend this to anyone, miles better than staying in a hotel. The company arranged for a car to bring us from the airport and the taxi was waiting when we arrived and also arranged for a car to take us back (45Euro each way). The accomodation is a nice old fashioned appartment, with all ammenities new, working and clean and is in its own small courtyard away from the main Borgo Pio Street.

Plus points:
Location. The appartment is two streets away from the Vatican and less than 10 minutes walk from the Old Centre of Rome.
Quiet. Being away from the main street there is no night time noise at all from the nearby restaurants.
Efficient staff. We dealt with a lady called Lory who made sure we had her phone number in case of any problems and organised the taxis.

Minus Points.
We had to pay in cash. although not a huge problem it meant that we had to draw out almost 800 euros and keep it in a drawer untill the end of the trip.
No AC. Each room has a good ceiling fan but I can imaging it gets real hot in the height of summer.
Noise. Although the location is quiet, this is in an appartment block so there is all the noise of other people getting on with their lives. The whole place was quite silent by eleven at night.


On the whole, one of the best places we've stayed.

Myself and my partner stayed in Borgo Pio 200 for 5 days and I have to say it was one of the best trips I've ever had (and i've travelled a lot!)

They arranged for a taxi to pick us up from the airport, a little pricey but as it was our first big(ish) holiday together and a dream trip for my partner (I used to live in Rome) we felt it was worth it. The guy was great, took us on a small tour on the way to the apartment which my partner and I loved.

The place itself is down a small dingy looking back street, but dont be put off!! When you go in there is a small elevator to you right and steps next to it. Go down the steps and the office is to your left. It look slike chaos but they are incredibly efficient and extremely friendly and welcoming.

The apartment we had (there are several) was lovely, very basic in some ways...the kitchen only had a small table top double ring cooker, no oven. But then to be fair - why would you want to eat in in Rome?! If you're on a budget as we were then the small vans that are EVERYWHERE selling fresh pannini will sort you out. But you can eat out in Rome very cheaply if you hunt and the food is amazing pretty much everywhere. Other than the small cooking thing the kitchen has a large fridge, Iron, Ironing board, Kettle and a small table (seats 4)

Then the bedroom, large room, massive wardrobe, huge bed (very veryComfortable!) and once the shutters were closed there was no noise at all from outside. Opposite the apartment building is a university library so its a lively place in the day but at night its very quiet.

The bathroom was plenty big enough with a lovely shower, basin, toilet and the water heater. The water heater was a bit problematic at times...but we got used to it quickly and had enough hot water for our needs.

When we left we had to get them to open the office the night before, well after hours, as we would be leaving before they opened in the morning. This was not a problem and they opened it in a few minutes to sort us out. Which - given that we werent leaving til the next day was very trusting of them..they didnt check the flat!

The position couldnt be better, literally five minutes walk from the Vatican, about 10 minutes walk to a main metro stop (Ottovanio) from which you can get anywhere. We went to the spanish steps (took abotu 30 minutes total from leaving the flat), walked down the amazing shopping streets, saw the Trevi Fountain, Forum, Coloseum, Parthenon...stopped for dinner in Piazza Navona and walked back to the flat - all in one day without really rushing it too much.

Booking everything online, through Venere.com and Easyjet - the total cost of the holiday for two of us, for 5 days in the heart of Rome (not counting food and spends while we were there) was £500. I looked at a holiday package recently, through a well known high street Travel Agency's website...same area (roughly) same period....£1048 per person. Believe me - if you're going to Rome and you dont need to be mollycoddled you wont do much better than this place!