Bed & Breakfast Al Vicoletto

Me and my family stayed for 4 nights at this very nice and cosy place. Neat and clean, and the host was super serviceminded and easy to communicate with. Its about 15-20 minutes by foot to the heart of trastevere. 100% recommendable.

This B&B is really a couple of rooms in a suburban residential apartment building. Best to establish contact with property in advance for access, especially if you won't have phone cover. Room was good, clean, but needed a couple of minor things maintained. Manager gave great advice of tram to Roman historical centre - easy to do and only 1.50 Euro. Breakfast was poor. Best was location - only 300 metres from train station to airport. I booked through Booking.com at Euro 65, plus City Tax of 3.50 - great value.

The B & B is a small appartment within a larger building containing at least 2 other B & B establishments. This in itself is not a problem but a bit of a surprise if you're not expecting it. The good things? The room was spacious and clean and the bed comfortable. Location is okay as you are not far from the station (if you're coming from the airport check very carefully how to get to Trastavere by train otherwise you can end up walking a long way). It is also very close to a tram stop which takes you right into the centre of Rome by the Forum and Colosseum. However, the best part of Trastavere is also a tram stop away so if you plan to eat out in the lively part bear this in mind (but trams are very cheap to travel on). The down side of Al Vicoletto? The shower head needed replacing as it didn't direct water properly or stay in its mount and the water temp was unreliable, running hot and cold without warning. The breakfast was dreadful. Long life milk, long life fruit juice, long life individually packaged doughnut-like rolls which were left in a basket day after day, pre-packed sliced bread. At the very least we expected fresh rolls or croissants each morning. The butter was rancid. It didn't stop us enjoying Rome but we didn't come away thinking it was great accommodation and wanting to recommend it to friends visiting the city in the future.