Rifugio Degli Artisti, Rome

Review really for owner's Vatican City location... The owner/ manager was extremely pleasant and helpful. Owner advised there was a problem with our room and we had to be placed in different location very near Vatican City. This turned out fine in order to do our Vatican touring. The owner also paid for taxi to get us to new location. Original location was very centralized to all of major sites but new location would not have been difficult to get to other areas. Plus it was closer to local middle class neighborhood with big name stores, cafes, restaurants, bars. This provided opportunity to eat much better food at more reasonable prices.

We had a very pleasant stay - the host was very helpful, organised our airport transfers and offered information on the area. places to go and eat. This is an ideal location for exploring Rome. The accomodation is unusual, just as pictured, but all below ground, and NO windows. We knew this before we arrived and it didnt bother us until we had a power-cut and it was very scary - pitch-black and no phone signal. However the owner did come back and sort it quickly.

Lovely welcome. The location is ideal as walkable from all the main sites of Rome and Piazza del Popollo too. The rooms are really charming, very clean and very comfortable. Staff were very helpful prior to our stay too, giving us clear instructions on where to park.