6/10 – Redelijk
John S.
29 mrt 2025
Positief: Netheid
A cold stay in Rome.
On the positive side this is a large comfortable apartment with a lot of character (old wood ceilings, some antique furniture, a big library...), an adequate kitchen and nice bathroom. A convenient location within walking distance of several main monuments and of buses, trams and taxis.On the other side, the kitchen utensils could be updated: very few mugs, cups, teaspoons … and the pots and pans are are old and of poor quality. The downside to our stay in this apartment was that it was cold. As the owners explained, municipal (?) regulations limit the temperature in rented tourist apartments to 19-20ºC and the heating to 10 hours a day. As the A/C unit in the bedroom and the radiators in the rest of the apartment are set at these limits and the temperature never went below 20º, the heating never went on and we wore our anoraks throughout our stay, possibly due as well to a damp atmosphere.The owners made a consession for our last day by allowing us to increase the temperature of the A/C heater, but we were unable to turn off the timer. This concession begged the question: why exempt A/C units from the rules and not radiators? And others: are these limits applicable only to tourist apartments or to hotels too; or indeed, to all Roman houses? We doubt it. One more note for the unaware tourist: on arrival we had to pay in cash a 50 tourist tax (5 /day x 2 persons). This tax was not anounced on the Expedia-Vrbo booking website. (Nor were the heating regulations!).
John S.
5 nachten verbleven in maart 2025