Il Boom was our first stop on our Italian honeymoon and we could not have chosen a better place to begin. Where to start? The neighborhood is gorgeous and feels light years away from the bustle of central Rome (and the hordes of tourists), even though you can walk to the sights in about 10-15 minutes (or take the tram). We didn't use the metro once and were able to walk to everything we wanted to see easily (what's a half hour walk to the Vatican when you are passing by Bernini statues and ancient Roman architecture all the way there!). The Trastevere neighborhood itself has so much to offer in terms of restaurants and bars and the church in the main plaza is lovely. We spent our first day just wandering the streets having a great time getting lost.
The B & B owner, Angelo, is very nice and the rooms are very well-decorated and comfortable (we stayed in the Loren room). After our subsequent stops in other parts of Italy where two twin beds pushed together seemed to be considered a "matrimoniale", we really could appreciate how big and comfortable the beds at Il Boom were.
I will say that in general we found that in Italy there is less of a focus on "customer service" than in the U.S. - staying in B & Bs is more like being a house guest and less like being hotel guest - so there is not someone always around to answer questions or wait on you - but that was just fine by us (if we wanted that kind of treatment, we would have gone to a fancy hotel). What we got in exchange was a real sense of a place and a feeling when we got back every day from sightseeing that we were coming to our own home in Rome.
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