Apartamentai Atsiliepimai Purple Home Vaticano ***

We stayed at the "Blush Apartment" on Rampa delle Mura Aurelie. The location is perfect - 2 minute walk away from the Vatican and within easy reach of Rome's other major attractions - by foot or by public transport. It is located in a non-touristy part of Rome - which is great and very very close to wine bars / restaurants, local supermarket. Parking is a bit tricky but available - if you arrive in the daytime it will be difficult, spaces become available in the evening (so you could park your car in a pay and display very close by until a space on the street becomes available - this is free). My advice would be park it - and don't move it until you leave!!

The apartment itself is small - a bathroom, kitchen and bedroom. Perfect for a couple! There is a good shower and good kitchen facilities (gas cooker, microwave, electric grill oven, fridge freezer, pots/pans etc etc). Air con in the bedroom - amazing! AND SKY TV + FREE WIFI!!

There is no washing machine (unless we missed that).

We enjoyed our purple home stay. Perfect accommodations for two people. All was wonderful. At the last minute, I asked Valentina to send a driver to pick us up from the airport. The driver was prompt, friendly and even helped carry our luggage. Drove us right to the doorstep where someone was waiting to check us in. Neighborhood looks a little sketchy at first, but everyone was very friendly, and we felt safe even after dark. Be prepared to pay cash for almost everything. Very few businesses around this apartment take credit cards. The ATM would not work with my US card, so I had to have cash wired to me for our few days in Rome. The only thing that was a small minus was the size of the shower, but it wasn't really that important. Great water pressure and air conditioning, which was very nice when we came home each day for our afternoon rest.

This apartment is very close to St. Peter Church in Vatican city. Outside the apartment is a bus stop which will take you to central city of Rome and train station. The apartment is very clean. The only shortcoming is no air-condition in the bedrooms. During our visit in late June, Rome is extremely hot. My family didn't get good rest because of that.

Rome was the last European city we visited after Munich and Paris. The spaciousness of the Purple Home was a welcome surprise. It was very clean and nicely decorated. My teenagers loved the iPod speaker ball. I loved the many balconies and kitchen. There is a grocery store just down the street. We were able to eat in a couple of times. The only downfall was no one was there to meet us, after I had set up a specific time. I had to walk to the frame shop at the corner where a nice worker let me borrow his phone. I called the owner and someone was there in 5 minutes to check us in. It was a little frustrating.