My apartment in Rome is available!!!

New apartment rates 2009 - same as 2007!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:16:00 +0000

Incredible! We are maintaining in 2009 the same rates we had in 2008, which were the same as 2007! Where else in Rome would you find this attention to your travel budget?

The apartment rates valid for the entire 2009, that will get you a totally furnished, central, comfy and safe apartment in Rome are:

* 90 Euro --- 1 person per day (total)
* 110 Euro --- 2 persons per day (total, not per person)
* 130 Euro --- 3 persons per day (total, not per person)
* 150 Euro --- 4 persons per day (two couples or families only, total for the 4 people group)

3 days minimum - a 50 Euro flat cleaning fee will be added on the total.

Wi-fi connection available for your laptop at 5 Euro per day / 20 Euro per week / Euro 50 per month.

These fares get generally forfeited if you intend to visit Rome for more than the 3 minimum days. Weekly rates for my Roman apartment to 650 Euro per week for 2 persons, 750 Euro per week for 3 guests, 850 Euro per week for a group of 4 guests (total weekly rate, not per person).
Monthly rates can be arranged, let's talk about it, I just need to plan longer leases at little bit in advance so not to conflict with other short term reservations in the same period.

There are no additional hidden fees and there is no deposit but you agree to be responsible for eventual damage to my property. Apartment fares are in Euro and are final. If you want to know the current currency exchange rate between US Dollars (or other currencies) and Euro, use the Yahoo! currency converter, which is a great tool you can use to plan the economics of your trips, whether you are planning to travel to Italy, India, Island, Israel or Indonesia.

Call me at +39 339 8944.088 (510-931-622 local number from the US) to check availability on your date and to complete your reservation - or send me an email to massimo.romeapartment [at] gmail [dot] com.

I look forward to hearing from you your trip plans!

Enjoy Rome in Spring and Summer - Make your apartment reservation now!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:55:00 +0000

Spring is round the corner, and summertime will be here soon, before you can imagine. Perfect timing to visit Rome, and to enjoy it as a local with the full comfort of an apartment by the Coliseum, your home base in the heart of Rome.

Our reservation schedule is starting getting hot, we strongly advice you book your apartment in Rome well in advance this year. To check out dates availability, call us at +39 339 8944.088 (510-931-622 local number from the US), and to complete your reservation.

We speak English, Spanish, Italian, French, and understand a little Portuguese.

If I don't answer please leave a message, but it probably means I am traveling, listening to the messages every few days, and the best way to get in touch with me certainly is email: massimo.romeapartment [at] gmail [dot] com.

I will give you immediate feedback on the apartment availability for the dates you request, and we can option those dates for you until the moment we finalize the reservation.

Experience Rome like locals do

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:34:00 +0000

A new testimonial for my apartment in Rome from Don and Diane, a nice couple from the Bay Area, who spent five days in my apartment at the end last summer.

Here is the note I just received from Don and Diane -

Thanks for allowing us to use the apartment. We enjoyed staying there very much. It was so much nicer than staying in a hotel and the location was terrific. Diane cooked 3 dinners while we were there and we enjoyed shopping in the local market. One guy there promotes the various cheeses they carry and got to where he recognized us. He gave us a very warm greeting every time we went there.

Do you want to experience Rome as a local, as Don and Diane did? Just give me a call or send me an email, we are closing Christmas and New Year bookings now.

Apartment Rates 2007-2008

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:59:00 +0000

Even if the US$ goes down, the Euro is not doing that good on the local market. In Italy, as in the rest of Europe, prices are going up, so be prepared for your trip!

Unfortunately, this means also that we have to do a little tune-up with the pricing list for the rental of my apartment in central Rome.

Here are the new fares starting from December 1, 2007, and valid (promised) until the end of 2008 at least. Apartment fares are in Euro and are final, no hidden added fares.

If you want to know the current currency exchange rate between US Dollars and Euro, use the Yahoo! currency converter, which is a great tool you can use to plan the economics of your trips, whether you are planning to travel to Italy, India, Island, Israel or Indonesia.

The new rates valid also for the entire 2008 and that will allow you to get yourself a totally furnished, central, comfy and safe apartment in Rome are:

* 90 Euro --- 1 person per day (total)
* 110 Euro --- 2 persons per day (total, not per person)
* 130 Euro --- 3 persons per day (total, not per person)
* 150 Euro --- 4 persons per day (two couples or families only, total for the 4 people group)

3 days minimum - 50 Euro flat cleaning fee to be added on the total.
Additional DSL connection available for your laptop at 5 Euro per day / 25 Euro per week / Euro 50 per month.

These fares get generally forfeited if you intend to visit Rome for more than the 3 minimum days. Weekly rates for my Roman apartment to 650 Euro per week for 2 persons, 750 Euro per week for 3 guests, 850 Euro per week for a group of 4 guests (total weekly rate, not per person).

Monthly rates can be arranged, let's talk about it, I just need to plan longer leases at little bit in advance so not to pick up other reservation in the same period.

There are no additional hidden fees and there is no deposit but you agree to be responsible for eventual damage to my property.

Call me at 415.602.0039 from the US to check availability on your date and to complete your reservation - or send me an email to massimo.romeapartment [at] gmail [dot] com. My contact info is available here on this blog.

I look forward to hearing from you your trip plans -

Explore my Apartment with this Home-made Video!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:54:00 +0000

OK, the quality is cheap as I shot the video with a digital photo camera and not with a proper video device, but I hope you can have the opportunity to see my apartment in a better way than just through pictures.

Enjoy the video, and rush for the latest summer availabilities, we are now almost fully booked, but still there are openings.

Incredibly Cool New Testimonial for My Apartment!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:13:00 +0000

I love when my guests leave nice notes in my apartment, but I couldn't expect Jim and Julie, a couple from Chico, California, to send me an email with the incredible review I re-publish completely uncut here below.

Jim and Julie love Rome, and try to visit the eternal City as many often as they can - they also plan long vacations, as they love to feel like resident locals, and they love to discover Rome in all its hidden fascinating details.

So this year they planned a month-long permanence in Rome and, after landing on this blog, we got in touch via email/phone, then catch up in person in Berkeley, and now they are currently staying in my apartment in Piazza Dante. Of course they also got a forfeit discount on the rate!

During the few weeks they already spent in my apartment in Rome, they mapped the neighborhood in a way I always wanted to do for this blog, but never had the time and patience to do.. =(

So thank you Jim and Julie, not only I feel honored and very happy of the way you describe my apartment (I love it too), but your notes (and the map below even more) will also be of help for all the future visitors to this blog who want to find out more about my apartment in Rome, and about the central Rome area where it is located.

Here we go with Jim and Julie's beautiful and super-useful testimonial -

Massimo's apartment at Piazza Dante is a convenient, bottom-floor unit directly across from a large park/plaza that is popular with locals during the day and with kids after school. Although located close to many services and shops, the apartment is on a relatively quiet side street, and it is very peaceful in the evening.

What makes Piazza Dante so compelling is that it is a full-service neighborhood, but it is not in a tourist-oriented area. Thus the restaurants and shops cater primarily to locals, and the prices and menus reflect this fact.

The special quality of the neighborhood can be appreciated only after several days of wandering throughout Rome, and realizing how lucky you are to be living in an area that is not clogged by tour buses and mobs of Americans and Germans following their group leader.

Supermarkets and laundromats are in short supply in Rome, yet the Piazza Dante apartment is within a block of each. There are two pharmacies located a block away on the main street (Via Merulana).

There are a dozen different transit lines within three blocks, including the Metro Linea A, three major tram lines (3, 5,and 14), and a half- dozen bus lines. The nearest station on Metro Linea B (Coloseo) is about ten minutes away. The apartment is about a 15-minute walk from the central train station (Roma Termini).

There are two dozen restaurants, snack bars, gelaterias, and pizza purveyors within two blocks of the apartment. Two of the best restaurants are the Vecchia Roma at the corner of Buonarroti and Ferruccio, and a Chinese restaurant around the corner on Via Alfieri.

A tobacco shop is located one block south on Via Merulana where a person can obtain phone cards and transit tickets (good for subway, bus, tram and many trains). But you don't need a bus for many destinations — the Colosseum is only eight minutes away on foot.

AND, FINALLY, I create a number of maps for my own web sites, and so I made one for Piazza Dante. It might be useful for giving folks an idea of what the
area has to offer.

Thank you very much again, Jim and Julie - this is the best testimonial I ever received by far for my apartment in Piazza Dante, Rome. I appreciate your efforts also in mapping the area so well, and I look forward to receiving the URL of your website, so I can link it from here, to share with other travelers your local knowledge of all the places you love to travel too.

The only thing I can do to add a little value to Jim and Julie's precious input, is add a Google Map of the area, so you can orientate J&J's map in the biggest frame of Rome.

View Larger Map

And, Jim and Julie - let me announce it officially on this blog, your input here secured you a good discount next time you guys want to visit Rome again and stay in my apartment!

Finally added an easy PayPal payment!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:13:00 +0000

Thank you for choosing my apartment for your roman holidays!

You can make a payment from this page using Paypal or the most popular credit cards such as Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Diners.

Just click on this PayPal button at the bottom of this page to make the instant payment - don't worry, it's a safe transaction using cryptography features to protect your online payment. Pay`with confidence! PayPal ensure max protection of the transaction. Paypal will also send you a confirmation email that you can use as a receipt.

A great shot of the Coliseum!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 04:10:00 +0000

I love the Coliseum - it definitely is my personal landmark for "home" in Rome. Here is a nice shot of the big roman arena built more than 2,000 years ago and still solid as a rock.

My apartment in Rome is just a short walk away from the Coliseum, so I visit it quite often when I'm in Rome. It's very easy o get there walking through the Colle Oppio Gardens, the park overlooking the Coliseum where Nero's house is.

I used to walk there to go to study when I was at school, it's literally just 5 minutes walk away from home. Check the map to see how close it will be from your base in Rome.

I will publish more and more pictures of Rome on this blog, so stay tuned!

By the way, did you try our new RSS feed. If you already know what is an RSS feed is, then check for the little orange RSS icon from Feednurner on the righ side of this blog if in doubt about the right feed, or just feed your favorite RSS reader with its right feed.

Otherwise just forget about it and come often to visit and discover more cool pictures of Rome and Rome travel tips. I am going to show you some more, RSS feed or not.

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Apartment in Rome availability

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 22:47:00 +0000

At this moment, there are still availabilities for the winter season, but it is filling up fast - you'll better get in touch with us soon. I will post a calendar online, as soon as I will find the time to do it, sometimes next year... :(

In the meantime, you can call me and reach me on my US phone at 510.931.6222.

If I don't answer please leave me a message, but it probably means I am outside of the United States, listening to the messages every few days, and the best way to get in touch with me certainly is email.

You can email me at the address massimo.berkeley [at] gmail [dot] com

I will give you immediate feedback on the availability on the dates you request the apartment in Rome, and we can option those dates for you until the moment we finalize the reservation.

Introducing my blue bathroom

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 18:25:00 +0000

A blue bathroom? You can think this is cheesy but I love it - everybody does. You are going to love it too. I painted the bathroom blue a few years ago, many years after moving to Rome, and I think it's going to stay like this for a while. I hope you like it.

Picture yourself at the end of a very long walking day taking a bath in the tub of my blue bathroom, it's not a jacuzzi but you can add some salts or fragrances to the bath to make it more spa-like.

Bathroom functionalities: there is a bath tub equipped to be used also as a shower by closing the shower curtains, a sink with mirror and lights and obviously a toilet (wc).

There are shelves and closet space left free for your convenience, so you can take all your toilet stuff out of your purses and put it around as you were at home.

Towels are on the top shelf on the right wall, in front of the tub. You can find more towels in the drawers of the white closet in the bedroom, if needed.

Also the ceiling light (half globe, a vintage Diesel shop gadget from the '80s) being our beautiful blue planet, emits blue light. That does the entire trick, aside of the painted walls. Of course, if you need to have more light to shave or make-up, you can swith the sink mirror's light on and everything goes daylight.

Hey, if you feel homesick you can look at the blue globe and say hi! to California!!! Then take a shower and go out in Rome to have fun, as you might want to enjoy the most of Rome rather than being locked in my apartment thinking of California... :)

During the day the bathroom receives natural light from the window (that opens up to an internal courtyard), so you don't need to keep the lights on, since I pay the utility bills :)

Last note: as for the hot water from the kitchen sink, also in the bathroom the hot water IS hot, like seriously. So please remember to ALWAYS open the cold water first, then mix the hot water in before touching the water.

Then, light up a couple of candles, mix the sparkling salts in the tub, put some chilly music on, and enjoy the magic of the blue bathroom.

Very last note - in case for some reasons a water pipe breaks and a water flood starts in the apartment while you are at home (apocalyptic scenario that never happend to me, but you'll never know - it's like saying "if the house goes on fire...", so don't worry), then please turn off the main water switch located right above the water tower of the closet, so you will have to stand on the closet to reach it. Hey, there's no reason to worry, I'm just saying this so you know it all, just in case...

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Fully operational kitchen!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 07:31:00 +0000

Save money on eating out at restaurants by cooking some good healthy Italian food that you can enjoy in your own Italian kitchen!

My apartment in Rome comes with a fully furnished and operational kitchen corner in the livingroom. Don't forget that you can go shop for fresh food and produce at the very close food market Mercato di Piazza Vittorio!

My home in Piazza Dante is so central that you will find everything you need in a couple of blocks max, including a full supermarket and hundreds of small and medium size shops for food and everything else.

I just bought a bunch of new stuff for your convenience: if you intend to cook something, or even if you want to have a full breakfast or brunch before heading ou for the day, you'll find useful to have access to a new stove (with oven), a new refrigerator, dishes, glasses, silverware and all cooking tools. Everything is in the white shelfspace up there, or in the drawers by the sink.

A dining table in front of the window facing Piazza Dante's gardens arranges 4 people very confortably even for a multi-course meal! Below the window there is an air conditioner (hot/cold) like the one in the bedroom and on the other side of the living room operated by the same remote as the conditioner on the ather side of the livingroom.

I know, that red sofa in front of the fridge is out of place, I didn't had time to get rid of it --- one of the latest guest told me she was enjoying sitting there chatting while her travel partner was fixing dinner, then enjoying her partner sitting there chatting with her while she was washing the dishes...

A very important note: the hot water in my apartment is very hot, also in the bathroom. If you don't want to burn your hands always remember to open the cold water tab first, then open the hot water tab to mix the water at your favorite temperature.

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Bedroom with many closets

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 06:32:00 +0000

More pictures from my home in Rome - here is the bedroom of my roman apartment, with all the closet space completely available for you.

The bed is a full size, and the object you see below the window is an electric air conditioner (air cooler/heater) like the one in the livingroom, that you can operate trhrough a remote stored in one of the empty top black drawers on the side of the bed (the instruction manual, if needed, is in one of the bottom drawers).

All the wardrobe, bedside table, and drawers are there for you to put your clothing and stuff, so you can get rid of the luggage (that you can leave on top of the wardrobe or on shelfs that you'll see from other picture above) and enjoy your temporary apartment in Rome as a real resident.

You will find all the clean sheets and the conforters/pillows, also for the sofabed in the livingroom, in the big white wardrobe. The lower drawers contains also additional bath towels, if those in the bathroom are not enough.

The window out there overlooks an internal courtyard where there are some nice guys with a printshop, now completely digital so no noise at all - and they quit at 6pm and are closed on weekends so you can enjoy my favorite roman palmtree and birds singing in the morning or at night.

I'll show you the kitchen in the next post.

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The livingroom pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 21:36:00 +0000

Here we go - this is the living room of my apartment in Rome - it is not a loft but it's definitely comfy and it's got all it takes to make you feel like home.

There is a very comfy Ikea sofa, that turns into a king size bed in just one easy movement.
This is very useful when more than 1-2 persons are visiting, so you can use this sofa as secon bed in a separate room.

There is a TV set, but there is no antenna or cable, so you won't be able to watch TV (hey, you are visiting Rome for a few days and want to stay home watching TV?). The television can be used only in association with the VCR recorder, so you can browse my movie collection for free!!! (check othe picture below).

You can see also a lot of art pieces on the walls and all around the house - yes, it's all my stuff. There are even more, unfortunately packed in storage where nobody can enjoy it - anybody art buyer?

I won't talk about my artwork (too much) here, just a note: please don't make any domage to any piece - it's not difficult, just don't interact too much - of course you can touch but resist from scratching the wax, resins, or pvcs, thanxxx!!!

My work is made with post-it notes - yes, the little tiny yellow sticky notes, which I use by the thousands (sometimes dozens of thousands) in several modes of interaction, from painting on it/in it, to make sculptures and create ambient, interactive installations. Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy my work, now back to the livingroom description.

Behind the TV/VCR set you'll find also a bunch of art books, mostly contemporary art, but also interesting stiff about Rome. By the way, there are also a variaty of maps of Rome, and a very useful guide with ALL road maps of Italy (kind of AAA maps) plus a second guide that covers all the roads of Europe!!! So, if you plan to travel around, you can use my stuff - just bring it back, OK?

Yes, you can play the guitar if you want - it never get used, so I gues you will have to tune it before playing it - can you do it by ear? I do!

Talking about music, there is a hi-fi equipment where you can listen to the radio, play CDs or tapes and, if you have an iPod or other mp3 player, you can just plug it in and listen to your own music like you were at home.
The cable for your iPod/mp3 player to connect to the hi-fi system is already provided, so you don't have to worry about it, just plug and play!!!

As you can see from the picture there is a laptop on the table - of course you are going to have a fast DSL internet access and connection from my apartment in Rome, if you need it.

If you are traveling with your laptop (as I generally do) and need internet connection, just let me know upon reservation, and I will set up the account in order to you to plug in online immediately upon arrival to start check your roman and travel schedule and say hi! back home. Your internet connection will be available 24 hours a day without interructions.

Finally, a view from the living room window close to the dining table, that overlooks the garden of Piazza Dante. We are at the ground floor of the roman apartment building.

More info on the bedroom at the next post!!!

So - do you like my nice roman home by far or not?

Testimonials' notes

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 21:34:00 +0000

I like when people find themselves at home, to the point that they leave a nice note for you. It's like when you are staying at some friends, then leave a note for them on the kitchen table when you are on your way to the airport and they are at work.

So this is a nice message I recently got from Teresa, a LatinAmerican woman from Richmond who recently traveled to Italy and Spain with her sister, brother-in-law and daughter, and spent a week at my apartment of Piazza Dante:

Dear Massimo, muchisimas gracias por prestarnos tu apartamento, todo estube muy bien y comodo, todo cerca y muy seguro. Gracias, espero no perder el contacto y volver a tu casita tan linda. That's Spanish, in English goes like this: Dear Massimo, thank you very much for leaning us your apartment. Everything was fine and very confortable, everything was close and very safe. Thanks, I hope to keep in touch and to come back to your nice home.

Teresa, from Richmond

Leigh, a UC Berkeley student from Santa Cruz traveling with his girlfriend across Italy and France, spent three days at mine and left me a note saying:

Awesome, dude!

Leigh, from Santa Cruz

(but it was written on a post-it note, so it made me smile...)

Last summer Victoria spent three days in my apartment in Rome with her husband and their 8 year old son. After the first day, she changed her mind and called me from Italy asking me to extend their permanence in the apartment for the entire week.

She has been lucky - I didn't have a blog at that time so the reservations were coming strictly by referrals. Now I have plenty of requests so please make sure to consider that Rome is beautiful and big and there is so much to see that it takes its time to appreciate.

The nice note Victoria sent me via email said: Massimo, it was a pleasure to meet you. Thanks again for allowing us to stay more in your apartment, I'm glad we had enough time to enjoy Rome. Your home is very comfortable and unique indeed, and everything we needed was within reach in the neghborood. I truly felt like being home at your apartment. I hope to be back soon to Rome, and to be able to count again on your help!

Victoria, San Francisco

Bruce an architect from Novato, after spending 5 days in Rome on a business trip and being guest at my apartment, tried out his Italian language skills and left me a sympathic note in a funny Italian:

Dear Massimo, molto grazie per il uso del suo appartamento. C'era molto comodo. C'era un piacere conoscerlo. Buona fortuna con il suo lavoro. The translation in English would be: Dear Massimo, thanks for letting us use your apartment. It has been very comfortable and it has been a pleasure to meet you. Good luck with your work.

Bruce, from Novato

You don't have to leave a note or send me an email, but I totally appreciate if you do, and I'll keep publishing your nice messages in this page of the blog, unless you say you prefer not.

I always hated guestbooks where guests feel forced to write something down, and everybody is reading everybody else's notes to me, as if in most cases I don't have a personal relation with the guests of my apartment in Rome.

So feel free to leave o note or not. If you are in a rush or don't feel like, it's OK - it has been a peasure to have you in my house in Rome, and I hope you'll plan to come back to discover Rome and its life soon again.

Living in the center of Rome

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 20:43:00 +0000

I know, I know, it took forever to put the pictures on, but finally here they are!!!

Welcome to Piazza Dante, please check the location on the map of Rome to see how you are going to be in the center of the action while staying at mine. Click on the image to see a larger view of it.

This is a screenshot that I got from Google Maps, then passed under my very little photoshop skills just to dot a few things around my apartment --- as you can see, my nice little house is right there, central to everything in the very center of ancient and modern Rome.

If you like to walk, everything is walking distance from my apartment - highlights range from the Coliseum (Colosseo) or the Imperial Forum (Fori Imperiali, the main arqueological area), or the even closer the two beautiful Santa Maria Maggiore or San Giovanni Basiliques - they are indeed awesome, specially S. Maria Maggiore.

You can also just go visit, hang out and enjoy the very lively, multietnic and colourful food market on the neighbor Piazza Vittorio, the famous Piazza Vittorio market. After shopping for food, you can walk back with your fresh produce, meat or fish and enjoy italian cooking in my apartment (you'll even find some cooking books with recipes in my kitchen).

Of course, there are underground metro trains in Rome to move faster if you don't feel like walking - unfortunately we cannot have more than two lines (a third is under construction and expansion) as whenever they dig.... they find ancient roman ruins, so all the works get immediately stopped!

See my other post on transpostation tips, including metro in Rome, and how to get there (by airplane or train).

I invite you to check also Google Maps/Earth and go fly over Piazza dante, Rome, Italy, zoom in, and see in detail how sweet the central garden of Piazza Dante is - you'll love to just go sit here in the gardens reading a book in the sun, if you don't feel going around after a long walking day, and you plan to rest.

Other great alternative in terms of parks are, of corse are the gardens of Colle Oppio, those going down to the Coliseum - it's a nice 10 minutes walk, and there's also a nice little bar with tables outside where all mums chat while sipping their cappuccinos or aperitivos with the Coliseum in fron, while their kids play among the remains of Nero's house (Ara Pacis, now closed for works) and the ancient cages where used to be held the lions fighting at the Coliseum, now home to a sweet community of cats fed and taken care of by residents (like me) and by a city "welfare plan".

Well, browse around, you are going to like it - now move on to the apartment pics.

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Getting there/around in Rome

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 20:19:00 +0000

You are going to be very lucky in terms of transportation if you stay in my apartment in Rome.

If you don't feel like walking too much that day, or want to save energies for more touring action later, then you can easily get to the major locations by metro in no time from my home in Rome, your temporary apartment to enjoy the Eternal City like a resident.

My roman apartment in Piazza Dante is just 3 minutes walk away from the metro train stop Vittorio, in Piazza Vittorio, alongside the metro line A, the one marked in red/orange on your Rome maps (the line B is blu).

Metro A touches all the top roman highlights from the Central Train Station (Stazione Termini, metro stop Termini) to Trevi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi, metro stop Barberini), to Spanish Steps (Piazza di Spagna, metro stop Spagna), and all the way up and across the Tiber River (il Tevere) to get you to the San Peter Basilique (Basilica di San Pietro, metro stop San Pietro) and the Vatican (il Vaticano, same metro stop as San Pietro).

If you get in Rome by train, you will be just one metro train stop away from the Central Train Station and the Termini station - your arrival is one stop away alongside line A, metro stop, Vittorio. And when you go out, you'll follow the signs directing towards the many exits around the large Piazza Vittorio square, and you'll find your way out towards Piazza Dante.

You can also take a cab from the Termini train station, it's not going to charge you a lot as it's very close, and it's more convenient if you have luggage with you or if you are tired from flying - I always take a cab as I'm very lazy, but most of my friends come by metro - other just walk, it's a nice 10-15 minutes walk to Piazza Dante.

And if you get in Rome by air, do as the romans do - do not take a cab.
It's going to be a long ride all the way to the city costing you up to 60-70 Euro (80-90 dollars) and you can also get stuck in traffic depending on which time you get there so it can cost you up to 80 Euro (100 bucks!!! no way!!!). Well, of course if you don't mind because you sign it off or get it reimbursed, just take it, and say you want to go to Piazza Dante, next to Piazza Vittorio - everybody knows...

The advice for air travelers who want to save some of their budget (to spend it later) can take the Express Train that has its main terminal at the Central Train Station, and gets you there from the Fiumicino airport in just 31 minute for 14 Euro each - very comfy fast train, then you pay 6 Euro to a cab et voila' --- you arrive at your home in central Rome in the fastest and most economic way.

Here is a link for you to can download a pretty cool and detailed digital map of Rome, provided by a roman agency of tourism tour *I'm not associated with*, but they have a very cool map - click on the Imperial Forum archeologic area to get to the interactive map of the Imperial Forums provided by the City of Rome (mouseover on numbers to get a description, in Italian only, sorry!).

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Welcome to my home in Rome

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 11:24:00 +0000

Welcome to my apartment in Piazza Dante, in the very center of Rome.

My home in Rome is nice, fully furnished, pretty central and very confy - and, most of it, it's available for you if you are traveling to Rome!!!

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I always had a friend subleting my place. But now she got married and moved away, with a short notice. I'm happy for her, but I really cannot afford to pay double rents across the Atlantic.

So, my apartment is available for you if you are planning to spend some holidays in Rome, wheter if only for two or three day, a week, or even more!!! You can find it very confy also you are in a short business trip or if you intend to take a class and stay for some weeks in our beautiful Rome.

At this moment, there are still availabilities for the winter season, but it is filling up fast - you'll better get in touch with us soon. You can call me in the US at the 415.602.0039, or you can email me at the address massimo.berkeley@gmail.com.

Rates are not only reasonable, but super-affordable, way lower than getting a small room in a pensione close to the railway station, and with the full comfort of your own apartment in central Rome, top base spot to explore the entire city.

You'll soon discover everything you need to know about my apartment in Rome in this blog, from the Piazza Vittorio neighborood wih the historic farmers market to the local shops, to the ancient ruins in the nearby (including the Coliseum and the main archeologic area!), both Santa Maria Maggiore and San Giovanni (two of the three cathedrals of Rome - third is San Peter, of course...) - I'll be also publishing soon the rates, the availabilities, and the stories of other traveleres who have shared the Piazza Dante experience with you.

Only I don't have much time to write it on the blog (I'll do it this winter), but if you get in touch (email or phone) you will have full details from me!!!

In the meanwhile, if you want to check the location and figure out where Piazza Dante is, see it on the Google map in full details - my advice? Switch to the hybrid or full satellite view...

Enjoy your Roman holidays from Piazza Dante!

Massimo

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