Have just returned from a 4 day stay in Rome with my husband and stayed at the LT Rooms accommodation. We booked through late rooms at a cost of £280 for 3 nights which was a good price. We had arranged our arival time by email with the owner who had a rep there to meet us, even though it was near 11.00 p.m. She was very nice and friendly and showed us around the accommodation. It is an unusual B&B as the owner is not on site. The room is on the first floor in a residential block in Baglo Degli, a suburb 30 minutes walk from the vatican city. We had a nice clean room with ensuite shower room, which can be difficult to get in Rome without paying much more. We did have a noisy metal framed bed which again I would suggest the owners look to replace. The breakfast was in a kitchen (cheese, jam, toast, cereal, tea,coffee etc) which you helped yourself to and took back to your room. I would sugget that the owner consider varying the breakfast danish as they were stale and dry. There was also internet access, although we did not use it, but did see others using it. The room we stayed in was above a restautant which was noisy up until midnight but not too much of a problem. The downside of the stay was that the room was too far out of the way. We arived at Champino airport by easy jet. We booked on the plane the coach transfer return to Rome city centre which was only 6 Euros for us both. Don't book the transfer by Easy jet direct as we were quoted £86. When we arrived at the main terminal, we walked into Roma train station to access the metro. Rome has an A & B metro line. All jouneys are only 1 Euro which is very cheap. Baglo Degli is on the A line. Just keep following the A line signs and you need to get on the one going to Battista. Beglo is 3 stops from the end and takes about 25 minutes. The room is 3 minutes walk downhill from the metro station on the left on Via Moricca, next door to the restaurant. Some additional info for Rome itself. We booked the vatican city tour with Viator before travelling and paid about £90 as a couple for the skip the line 3 tour. The tour meets on the stairs opposite the vatican city entrance. You are supplied with earsets and the tour is in English. The group was around 20. We had a young woman called Alex who was excellent and so knowledgeable, and funny too. It was well worth skipping the three hour wait and the quality of the tour, all by memory was fantastic.The Sistine Chapel and St Peter's Basillica were breathtaking. We also booked the Roma open hop on hop off bus tour with viator which included the tiber cruise. The bus was excellent value £42 for 48hrs for 2 people which lasted us from Sat afternoon to Monday afternoon. I would give the tiber cruise a miss as its not worth the reduced price of 10 euros as the tiber is green and you see just as much on the bus. We visited all the sites around Rome. The Colliseum and Roman Forum was brilliant. Cost about £12 each with the audio guid included. If you book ahead great, if you don't go early. We got there by metro for 9 am and only waited 15 minutes. The Spanish steps and Trevi Fountain are worth a visit too. I would advise travellers to think carefully about where to eat and drink as any restaurant with a view of anything up the prices accordingly. We paid 8 Euros for a pint of lager in a back street near the Colleseum. Overall though if I was staying again I would stay nearer the Stazionne as it is easier to travel around.
