Domus Solis San Pietro, Charming apartment with a stunning view of S. Peter Dome

Whats good: location for Vatican and nearby Rome is perfect. Close to lots of groceries, restaurants and some shopping. Place is clean and quiet from the street noise which can be loud and busy. Warm and comfy. Whats not good: Parking here is terrible if you have a rental car. Garage parking available but expensive and unreliable. You can be in bad luck and have renters above you that are loud and inconsiderate. Informed property manager but they have no control over the other units. Elevator is terrible and definitely not recommended for elderly or persons with disability. Requires stairs! Easily improvable: coffee maker is limited to one mokka maker so you need to spend so much time making coffee for 6 people. A 30 euro drip coffee maker would be an easy fix. Cups, glasses, plates, pots and pans could use updating. Some bedrooms needs new pillows.

The hosts were so communicative and made everything very easy. The location is amazing, the space is perfect for a larger group, and we loved everything about it. Thank you for making our trip great!

Pros: Two bedrooms have views of the dome of St Peter's basilica. The location is right on the Vatican wall, so it's easy to hop in line for your tours.Cons: All the traffic that routs around the Vatican wall passes right in front of the apartment at all hours, so sleeping with the windows open for fresh air is too loud. The listing was a bit misleading. In one text section it says 3 bed, 3 bath. But in the photo section, it pictures 4 bedrooms. It was not obvious to me when booking this apartment that the 4th bedroom pictured is actually the kitchen and it's using a pullout couch/bed. When the bed is extended, it hits the corner of the dining room table and there's no way to get to the fridge without climbing over the bed. Thank goodness we did not need to do any cooking, otherwise this would have been terribly inconvenient. In summary, there are 3 bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms. There is a 4th room that is a kitchen with a pullout couch. There is a 4th bathroom in the hallway. I was booking for our multi-generational family of 8 and wish I'd understood that the only common room was also the 4th bedroom as we would have liked more room.The host team was very responsive on WhatsApp. The check-in process involves getting the key from a lock-box at a luggage storage facility 5 minutes away (consider using the facility on the same block as the apartment). This was a very different experience from Venice and Florence where our VRBO hosts met us at the apt with maps.

it was ok..... but I did not "love it" ---shower extremely small and bedding just ok...nice that there were plenty of bathrooms just really small showers(and we are not big people)......good location