Stayed three nights in Rome here in the Pierret Apartment. The apartment has seen a bit of wear and is tired but reasonably spacious for Rome and well located. The elevator for the building could use a really good sanding and refurbishment as so much graffiti and initials have been carved into it over the years, it's appalling. When turning back the spread on the bed late the first night, I noted with horror several hairs - one on the pillow, another on the sheets themselves. Also, in the bath that is off the main living room, there were hairs on the wall tiles to the left of the mirror! I am a stickler for cleanliness and the rest of the bath as well as the other bath were very clean, however, hairs on the linens are simply unacceptable. If possible, the worst part was the strong cigarette smoke smell in one of the rooms. When I mentioned it to the onsite manager, he adamantly maintained this was a non-smoking building and perhaps it was the chestnut vendor outside! I told him it was fairly easy to differentiate between roasting chestnuts and cigarette smoke and this was cigarette smoke... I also handed him the ashtray that was thougtfully provided in our apt (the Pierret apartment) and noted the matching ashtray with multiple books of matches offered in the reception room on the first floor and said that I did not understand the ashtrays for a "non-smoking building"... he did not have a response. He said that after we left for the day he would "check the room" and we came back to find our windows open with no measurable decline in the smell (just a freezing cold apartment - it was February). No further follow up from the manager and I was just eager to get home at that point. Bottom line, in addition to the cleanliness issues, overwhelming smell of stale cigarette smoke (even worse when the heater was turned on in the second bedroom); the apartment overlooks the square in front and the exit from the Metro station on the side and therefore is noisy throughout the night.
Great location but regretabbly the aging graffiti-covered elevator; cleanliness issues; constant noise; and for us above all the smoke smell would not inspire a return visit from us or a recommendation for anyone else to stay either.
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