Germanico Luxury Apartment

Very clean and new apartment! Wonderful location!

The apartment was very nice, clean, spacious, and comfortable. It was on the first floor, making it easily accessible by both the stairs and the lift. The building has a beautiful inner courtyard. We were kindly asked to carry our luggage through the courtyard instead of rolling it, to help keep the area quiet for residents. There are separate air-conditioning units in both rooms, which would certainly be very useful in summer (we stayed in April, so we did not need them). The kitchen was well equipped with everyday essentials, including salt, pepper, coffee capsules, paper towels, and a kitchen towel. Our taxi from Ciampino Airport cost €45 because the property is located just outside the area covered by Rome's €40 fixed taxi fare from the airport.

Only a few minor issues. The apartment has only double duvets. We asked for single duvets, but they were not available. The double duvets were wide enough, so it was not a major problem. The duvets are placed between two flat sheets rather than inside duvet covers; this seems to be common practice in Rome. The bathroom door could not be locked from the inside. Since we were a group of four, we had to come up with our own way of indicating from the outside that the bathroom was occupied. The hot water temperature in the shower was occasionally unstable – sometimes it became cooler, probably because the hot water tank needed to reheat. At check-in, the host photographed the identity documents of all four guests. This may be standard procedure, but we wondered whether photographing just one guest's ID would have been sufficient.

A great experience overall, would recommend without a doubt. Keys of the apartment were delivered in hand by a welcoming person, willing to explain everything and give you suggestions/advices you might need. The remaining communication via whatsapp was fast and fluid. The location is great particularly if your focus is the Vatican, 10 mins walk. For Rome city center still walkable but further away. The neighborhood is very pleasant, safe and quiet. The apartment itself was very clean and spacious, with everything you might need (AC included), the two beds were big and comfortable. A great experience, will stay here if we return to Rome.

Nothing, everything was perfect!

It's all about expectation. The description we read in booking.com was misleading. In the description, this apartment has 2 rooms (see photos) with 3 beds: 1 queen, 1 single and 1 sofa bed. But there is only 1 room with a sofa bed. So, we were quite disappointed. The location itself is very very central. And the unit is quite nice.

There's an electricity outage for about 1 hour at around 10.30 PM. Not the fault of the apartment. But, I was quite surprise that an apartment in Rome does not have a generation set for a backup in the case like this. Imagine if you are in an elevator when an outage occurs. So, we were in the dark for sometime. It does not feel like in Europe 😅.