Bramante elegant penthouse

Despite the fact that a canceled connecting flight made us miss one of the three nights we'd booked at this beautiful Piazza Navona area apartment, our stay was outstanding! The airport pickup was seamless and the driver was charming, the apartment was JUST as advertised, with excellent air conditioning and wifi, in a PERFECT location. That it...Read More was so lovely made us doubly sorry we'd missed one of our three nights there. The furnishings in the apartment were VERY comfortable and charming and we would definitely stay there again and be happy to do business with RomeLoft for future trips. The staff was so helpful that they even called a taxi service for us to arrange transportation to the train station when we left because our Italian wasn't good enough to tell them what we needed! Viva, RomeLoft!!!!

My husband and I met here at the apartment in Roma, after I had already been traveling solo for over 2 months. I'm pretty familiar with Roma and chose this apartment for both it's location as well as the pictures of it from your Website, and I had rented from RomeLoft before for a 5 week stay in Roma, and found the experience of rent...Read Moreing thru them to be very efficient and professional. I travel, mostly alone, for up to 3-4 months of the year, internationally, and then my husband will usually join me for up to 10 days of my stay ( wherever I am). I am very used to renting very nice apartments for up to 5 weeks at a time, so have rented A LOT of Holiday Apartments, all over Europe, and elsewhere. As a result, I am also very specific in my requirements for Holiday Rentals. There have been a few apartments that did not live up to their description and/or were not well maintained/ managed. THIS apartment was pretty GREAT. There were a few small issues, but overall, this apartment was a very much " Net Positive ". The location, the square footage, the comfort of furniture as well as beds, and the over all cleanliness ( this is always a HUGE factor for me), and this apartment really had almost everything. There are a few things that didn't live up to the over all standards of the apartment: The Upstairs Blue Bathroom : the shower and shower curtain were very moldy and need to be much better cleaned, and a new curtain should be hung. The one there is, gross ( really, it was disgusting, and I am always very specific about not finding mold/mildew in kitchen and baths, when ever I rent an apartment). The Kitchen is smaller than it appears, but pretty functional, although it could use a bit more work/ counter space ( when in Roma, it's nice to be able to prep and cook fresh meals). However, there wasn't even a can opener, toaster or microwave, and were I not such an experienced luxury holiday apartment renter, I wouldn't have had the following ( but for the fact that I travel with my own: can opener, kitchen towel, paper towels, new clean sponge ( the one I saw that was under the kitchen sink was disgusting, so I am glad I always travel with one, just in case), garbage bags, and Saran Wrap /foil. The Bed in the Master, was extremely comfortable, the pillows, not so much, but I also travel with my own washable pillow ( " My Pillow " : Lavender seamed brand). I travel with a large assortment of adapters for various electrical cords ( laptop, iPad mini, I phone, kindle) + extra cords...and would have been in a bit of trouble if I didn't, as I saw that there were none in the apt, that I could see. There are no English TV Stations, Not even any of the International News Stations like CNN or Sky. In fact, there are very limited TV options to watch, but hey, I did get to watch a 1940's Classic: Rita Hayworth and Glen Ford in " GILDA " in Italian, and that was a treat There were, however, 2 very nice quality and full sized umbrellas to use ( it never rained while I was in Rome this trip, but it was early July, and was unusually HOT ). Despite having a sun hat, I carried one of the umbrellas, all the time, to give some relief from the sun, during the long, hot days of summer. The Air Conditioning was by room units with remotes, and they all worked blissfully well. There was both plenty of light when the shutters were open on the windows, and good privacy when they were closed, as you can really look into other apartments with these old buildings being so close to one another. The Apartment is very spacious--- really quite big and very comfortable, with minimal street noise at night, even though it's in an excellent location with lots of Pedestrian traffic every where around it. Also, quite near to great shopping/ antiquing and a huge range of dining options, from fine to casual. The check in was very easy and pleasant. Nassir ( property manager) and Alan ( apartment cleaner ) were great, and the driver that I contracted with via the RomeLoft company, HONEY, was beyond great. He was very friendly, courteous, professional, informative and helpful...really, I cannot say good enough things about Honey, he welcomed me to Rome, and then saw me off on a very early morning, and was just a Prince of a Man. So this is already pretty long, and I will sum up that the Aparment was an excellent choice and very enjoyable, and would highly recommend it as a rental option for Roma, particularly if you are like us, and would rather walk everywhere in town and not have to rely on taxis/ mass transit.

Our only criticism would be needing more toilet paper and towels.

We had a fabulous holiday in Rome and the location and the apartment were just what we needed. Just a couple of points- we were a party of 4 adults and there were only 3 chairs in the upstairs loft area. Also we couldn't understand why the taxi transfer we booked back to the airport couldn't drop our son at the railway station on the way....Read More We would have been prepared to pay extra, but €35 for an extra taxi seemed very expensive. My son used the taxi service that was suggested in the apartment. However, on the morning we departed there was a huge thunderstorm as we were leaving and the taxi for my son did not turn up, nor did they answer when they rang. They ended up walking in the rain and worried about missing their train. This was a very stressful end to an otherwise fabulous few days. We would suggest that you change the taxi company for future visitors. However, we would definitely use Romeloft again and would recommend it to others.