Aurelia Residence San Pietro - Rome, Italy     

We staed at the Aurelia Residence for 5 nights in May, 2008, and LOVED it. We booked a one-bedroom apartment, and on arrival were informed by the delightful Paula that we had been upgraded to a two-bedroom apartment in the same building as the reception. Our apartment was so large, with marble floors and beautiful furniture, it was just lovely. All of the staff had great English, were always happy to help with questions and to give advice, and to play with our toddler. The first couple of nights were a bit cool, as the central heating is turned off in mid-April, but the blankets provided kept us lovely and warm. The hotel is in a good location, we really felt we were escaping the tourists the closer we got to Aurelia as we came home each day. There are some lovely restuarants nearby (child friendly) and a supermarket, as well as local food stores. Great capuccinos with the breakfast buffet. We would stay there again in a heartbeat.

We have just returned from a 3 night stay at Aurelia Residence and it was a fantastic place to stay. I stayed with my girlfriend in an apartment which we paid approx £280 each for 3 nights - this included flights from England, this was booked through lastminute. We were given an apartment which was HUGE! The apartment had 2 bedrooms (a double and a twin) and there was also a sofa bed for another 2 people. The double bed was very comfortable (quite firm) and we each had 2 thick pillows. The double bedroom was the only room with air conditioning which was fine for us as it wasn't too hot in October. The bathroom did not have a bath but the shower was quite big. The bathroom (and the apartment generally) was very clean and well presented. In the living room was a sofa bed, tv with vcr and digital satellite, hi-fi unit, small dining table and chairs. The kitchen unit had microwave, gas hobs, fridge with ice box and dishwasher. The reception staff speak perfect English and are very helpful and friendly. They offered to book museums, tour buses restaurants etc. We took up an offer to book a restaurant called Alfredo's but this was a huge let down. I would recommend travelling on the '110 open bus' tour bus, this operated more regularly than all of the others and prices between companies are all similar. We made our own arrangements to transfer from the airport to 'Termini' - Rome main rail station and connected with a local train to go to Station San Pietro. Due to flight delays we arrived at the apartments at around midnight. The little old lady who greeted us didnt speak a word of Englishbut she presented us with a welcome letter in English telling us where to go for breakfast the following morning. The breakfast is a typical continental breakfast. There was a range of cereal (including kids cereal), ham, cheese, bread, hard boiled eggs, pastries, fruit, juice etc. Breakfast is served on the rooftop terrace which is lovely on nice warm mornings. The waiter is friendly and provides the usual coffee, hot chocolate etc. Breakfast is served from 7.30 - 10.30am. I have seen a couple of messages here complaining about the proximity of the train line. We never heard any trains between 11.30pm and 8am and we are not particulalry heavy sleepers. The only negative we had was with the church bells! We like a lie in so we were a bit disappionted to be woken at 8am every day by some church bells but it got us up and out! Elderley and/or disabled people may have some difficulty in that the apartments are located on a hill (not overly steep however) and that the last 25 meters of the hill the footpaths are very narrow. The location is excellent for those wanting to visit the Vatican - just a 5-10 minute walk away. When we go to Rome again we will definetly stay here.