anonymous on
08. Dec 2012:
 | My husband and our two teenaged children spent a week in this lovely apartment. It's a great space and provided plenty of room for us. The beds were comfortable, the bathroom is very nice with plenty of hot water for 4 of us, and we were able (after a little trial and error) to use both the washing machine and dishwasher. The apartment was very quiet - the only sounds we heard with the windows open were church bells, birds and very occasionally, a car alarm - no street noise. The apartment is in a GREAT location - we walked just about everywhere we wanted to go in Rome from here. Also, right outside the street door, great restaurants abound. We found a large grocery store quite nearby (head right on V.d.Portico d'Ottavia to the end of the street, cross the trolley tracks and just past the little square there, look for a sign on the left side of the street pointing the direction to go for the Super Mercato) and the Campo d'Fiori with all it's great produce is about a 10 minute walk and so were able to purchase items for breakfasts in the apartment. We cooked a couple of dinners there as well. The kitchen is sparsely outfitted but has everything you'll need to prepare a straight forward meal. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here! |
 | It would be great if some basic instructions for how to use the appliances were provided. Also, some larger drinking glasses would be great. |
 | I would highly recommend Cross-Pollinate to anyone traveling to Italy (or the other countries they serve). I had looked around at apartments online a fair amount before I stumbled across Cross-Pollinate and from then on, I didn't look at anything else. This apartment was just as advertised and it was great to know that if we had had any problems, there was someone we could call to help solve them. My only regret is that we didn't book an apartment through Cross-Pollinate for our stay in Florence! We were in a nice enough B&B which was centrally located but very loud at night and I spent the whole time wishing we were in a quiet apartment more on the outskirts of downtown - one of the ones I had looked at on Cross Pollinate's site but didn't choose in the end! My mistake. Thank you so much for providing this service. |
La Casa al Portico
