Domus Appia 154 B&B

Our first night was in a very small room and we had 8 consecutive nights booked in the place. Shouldn't be any surprise that we had big luggage with us compared to couples who stayed just 1-2 nights. Fortunately the very nice host of the place, Renato realized it would have been a catastrophe to put us in so small room for over a week. We stayed just 1 one night in that tiny room and next morning Renato switched to much better room, which we thank! Renato was very helpful and knowedgeable host, I can only recommend to stay in his place! If Renato offers to arrange a car picking you up from the Fiumicino Airport, catch that offer! It is very reasonably priced and will save you both time and sweat. Breakfast was okay though filter coffee was not available (espresso coffee thinned out with warm water, "americano", is not the same thing as Northern European filter coffee, often done in blond Nordic Roast style robusta-beans which is not an easy roasting style to master. Whereas espresso coffee is done on the very dark roasted beans which is easy to do in torrefacione. Try roasting done in our way and you see it is not easy to perfect and beans must be of absolute top quality which they don't need to be in espresso where dark roasting hides many minor quality issues in the beans ....).

The place is a family run business, the hosts are very hospitable, friendly and there to be of help. At the very arrival, the owner gave us a map, marking and explaining the main sightseeing places and how to get there, along with exhaustive list of recommended restaurants (which were really good!) Place is 2 minutes away from metro station on the main line - it goes through the centre and all the main sightseeing places. Room is cleaned every day.

The hotel is 2 mins away from the nearest Metro station (Line A, which goes to the Termini train station and major tourist sites). It's also a 30 min walk to the Colosseum. There is a little shop 30m away from the hotel, where you can buy tickets for the metro and buses as well as supermarkets and places to eat. My room was very spacious and comfortable. Breakfast had a good selection (Cornetti, toast, fruit, yoguhrt, juice, coffee, tea, etc), which Renato served himself. He gave me a map and tips on where to go (including spots where not many tourists go, e.g Aventin and the orangerie, which I enjoyed very much), lent me a guidebook and also told me some history of Rome. I felt very welcome and well taken care of. I'd definitely stay here again :)

This hotel is located very close to the metro station and is about 20 minutes to walk from colosseum, so the location is quite good for people who like to walk a bit. The owner of this hotel an his wife were very helpful they let us in even though it was 12 o'clock (the check-in was on 3 p.m). they also helped us to find taxi and they gave us many recommendations about the sights. The room was very clean and the price is reasonable. I totally recommend this Hotel.

Perfect location, standard rooms, quiet urban area, very friendly host, ready to help with various information - what to visit, how to get to a museum, which Italian medicine to buy for some simple stomach problems, etc. It is possible earlier check-in and later check-out (under acceptable conditions).