Our favorite place to stay in all of Italy…read more
Fulvia is fabulous. She could not be more attentive or thoughtful. She makes sure you have everything you need and then some. She will gladly do whatever she can to make your stay as wonderful as possible. She is so down to earth, totally overflowing with sunshine, and will make anyone incredibly comfortable; she truly made Rome that much more of a lovely, fascinating and amazing place for us. To wit: she gave us detailed instructions on how to get there and anywhere we wanted, responded quickly to any questions, printed things for us, checked back throughout breakfast to be sure we had enough of everything, gave us short cuts and insider info (she used to be a tour guide after all), personally made sure to get us settled in and tell us goodbye, she even went so far as to pick flowers and put them in our room for us.
Fulvia's rooms are fabulous; modern and efficient use of space with great colors and textures to keep things airy and light. She gave us the choice to move into a bigger room if we wanted (at the same price) but we stayed right where we were because we loved it that much. The rooms are CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN with lots of fresh towels and linens. The bed is by far the most comfortable one we slept on compared to everywhere else we stayed. The room is laid out nicely with your own little table and chairs right in front of a generously sized window looking out into Rome. Lots of light when you want it and darkness when you want that too (shutter included).
The location is fabulous; very easy to get to from the train station. There's a small grocery store in the train station, a laundromat a street or two over from Casa Romana, a Tabacchi shop literally across the street, restaurants within the same block and it is walking distance to pretty much all of Rome ..... we even walked back from Vatican City - it did take awhile, but we did not die trying to do it. You may occasionally hear sirens, but they never kept us from sleeping or interrupted our good times. (You also may occasionally hear your neighbor's door shut, but again, our sleep nor good times were ever interrupted.)
Casa Romana is set up fabulously - 3 rooms and that's it - 3 rooms on the second floor that make up the corner of a building. They are all centered around a small hallway that contains a breakfast nook (complete with kitchenware for everyone to use) where Fulvia places breakfast around 8am each morning. However, you can get up when you want and have your breakfast - no timeframes and no weirdness at a table with uptight strangers. Just roll out of bed, walk 5 steps, grab your food, walk 7 steps back and sit down at your own pretty private table and enjoy!
It is exponentially obvious how much Fulvia takes immense pride in Casa Romana - do not miss out on the chance to experience it.
