Bed and Breakfast A Casa Simpatia - Rome

EStuvimos en casa simpatía y la cordialidad de Paolo nos hizo la estancia más agradable. La relación calidad precio es muy buena. Casa sin lujos pero bien comunicada con el centro historico de Roma. Sitio recomendable para visitar la ciudad y no dejarse todo el dinero en un hotel. Desayuno incluido y bueno. Algunas habitaciones tienen baño privado.

Casa Simpatia was not lived in by the owner, as you may assume this from the previous reviews. When we arrived we had to wait an hour to get in. The area wasnt the best and we didnt feel comfortable standing around with our luggage. The B&B itself was ok. The room was clean but badly in need of being updated, the sheets were well worn. We only saw Paulo once when he let us in. The girl who worked there was lovely and a great help! All in all we got what we paid for. But we didnt think much of the area. And our room was noisy and small. Its a 20 min tram ride to see any of the main attractions in Rome.

Excellent!

Wir haben die herzliche Atmosphäre im Casa Symatia sehr genossen.

Das war unser erstes Mal in Rom und in der Casa Simpatia. Das nächste mal würden wir sicher wieder bei Paolo einkehren. Die Zimmer sind groß, das Bad war sauber. Das Frühstück ist gut, nur die Küche ist ein klein wenig eng... aber sehr familiär und man darf in der Küche selber kochen! Da unser Zimmer zu einer relativ großen Strasse rausging, war es leider ein wenig laut. Die Gegend, in der die Casa Simpatia gelegen ist, liegt ein wenig abseits der Innenstadt. Es fahren aber einige Bus und Strassenbahnlinien in die Stadt hinein - Paolo gibt einem dazu bei der Ankunft einen Zettel mit allen Verkehrsanbindungen... Paolo ist übrigens sehr nett! Alles in allem ein sehr nettes Bed and Breakfast - mit einem sehr guten Preis-Leistungsverhältnis und einer guten, persönlichen Betreuung.

Quartier populaire ,chambre sympa pour la semaine , accueil super sympa et ptit dej complet et agréable.Discussion avec Paolo et Simona et quelques résidents : français , suisse , tchèque et polonais. A conseiller !!(15mn du centre par le tram ou bus)Avec le Routard semaine vraiment super , allez diner à la Proposta via Terni !!et pour la pizza , pizza forum derriere le Colisée !! This is a good site , 15mn from the center Termini by tram.Paolo and Simona welcome with simplicity and kindness.Great breakfast , food stores to cook yourself.And many simpathetics meetings with european people (waiting for the others !) don't forget to go dine at Proposta ! French couple from Paris !

Just perfect, clean rooms, not far from center but noisy when you let windows open during the night cause of the cars...

This Place of stay was EXTREMELY difficult to find and different from the room type confirmed. Paolo was abrupt and rude. The room was stayed in was small and dirty. We did NOT recieve any breakfast yet it was confirmed on the invoice that we were meant to. Would not stay here if we were to return to rome. I would seek to find cleaner and more central accomodation.

The property is a flat, you get one of its rooms. The ours was really small - there is almost no place for the luggage. But for the limited time we spent there it did not matter. Very comfortable is the fact that you can come and leave anytime and that there is always a kitchen available. This helps you to feel like at home - it is much better than in a hotel. Paolo and Simone are very kind and friendly. This B&B is a good choice.

Der Besitzer Paolo war ausgesprochen nett. Das B&B liegt etwas außerhalb von Rom ca. 20min. Straßenbahn (die Haltestelle ist wirklich gleich um die Ecke und mit einem Tagesticket für 4€ klappt alles reibunglos). Im Umkreis des B&B sind mehrere erstklassige Restaurants, die aufgrund der Lage sehr günstig sind. (1/2 Liter Hauswein 2,50€...komplettes Menü für zwei Personen inkl. 1L Wein und 1L Wasser 30€). Einziges manko der Casa Simpatia ist die Lautstärke, unser Zimmer lag direkt zu einer extrem vielbefahrenen Straße. Jungen Leuten ist das B&B aber ohne Vorbehalte zu empfehlen, weil günstig, nett und keine Sperrstunde. Außerdem trifft man Leute aus der ganzen Welt morgens beim Frühstück.

Thanks for everything

Our experience was overall very pleasing. Paolo is a nice and upbeat host who even came to get us at Termini station upon arrival (extreeeemely helpful!!). The house is located 20 min. from the main attractions, which makes it both very easy to access at any time of day or night, but also provides a much appreciated quietness - well everything is relative in Rome!! Bring earplugs and you will be just fine! The only thing that I had a problem with was the quality of the mattresses. You could feel the huge springs as if you were sleeping right on them. But then again, you are so dead after walking all day in Rome that you don't really notice after a day or two. We recommend this place to all - can't beat the price. And if you want top comfort, there are plenty 5 star hotels around.

Paolo's booming voice was a great welcome after a long plane ride. I had a little difficulty finding the place from Termini station, but once I got off the tram, things were fine. My friend had no problem finding the place from Tiburtina. It was not difficult to get to all the sights from the apartment and it didn't take long as well, though it is a bit out of the way. Night buses also ensured that we could get home after a few drinks. The street was a bit loud at night, but closing the shutters really helped there. Definitely good value for dollar in Rome.

The place is really far from city. The staff are really helpful and experienced. The house is old and the bed is lumpy though. The bathroom is really clean. We had a double room near the street. Quite noisy. The good thing is that there are plenty of food for breakfast in the kitchen.

We've stayed A Casa Di Simpatia for 4 days - thanks to Simona and Paolo it was very very pleasant stay. We've arrived much earlier than agreed but it wasn't a problem - after 10 minutes they were with us. Thanx for a warm welcome:) The only disturbance is rather noisy street behind the window-but well, it's Roma:) Rooms and bathroom are extremely clean, you can prepare good breakfast (always fresh bread), you will get all necessary information regarding your stay in Roma from Simona and Paolo:) We didn't manage to see everything we wanted, so - we'll be back:)

Une adresse très sympathique où l'on se sent bien. Paolo est charmant et l'accueil très agréable. Nous y retournerons bien volontiers !

Excellent place to sleep in Roma ! Simona and Paolo are very nice, rooms are clean and spacious, and the Bed&Breakfast is located very close to the Termini station.

Excellent rapport qualité prix. Accueil sympa. Un peu excentré mais très pratique et rapide en transports (tram ou bus). Très pratique la cuisine et excellent petit déjeuner.

Il soggiorno a Casa Simpatia è stato soddisfacente. Paolo ci ha accolti con grande gentilezza e disponibilità venendoci a prendere in auto alla stazione Termini, dandoci immediatamente informazioni utili per il soggiorno. La casa ci ha colpiti subito per semplicità, confortevolezza e pulizia (caratteristiche principali per una vacanza giovane). Comoda e utile la cucina comune, ove si può far colazione a qualunque ora del risveglio (entro le 12.00, altrimenti si fa pranzo...non previsto, ma Roma è da scoprire anke nei pasti). Vicina alla fermata dei tram (4 min. a piedi), con i quali si può raggiungere qualsiasi punto della città; 10 min. di tram dalla stazione Termini (dove si incrociano le 2 linee metrò). Dati tutti questi motivi, data la staordinaria bellezza di Roma, non tarderemo a ritornare. Ovviamente a Casa Simpatia. Grazie ancora Paolo, troppo the best! (Ester & Emiliano from Torino)

Really enjoyed my stay at simpatia. paolo and simona were very friendly and helpfull.plenty of stuff for the breakfasts,and you can buy wine,beer,soft drinks from the mini-bar at supermarket prices.trafic noise rather intrusive outside,but you get used to it!-it is the capital city,after all!make sure you have paolo's phone no.when you get to the appt.so he can come and let you in. overall,great place,great city,-reccomended!!

I enjoyed very much to stay here!Everyday I have a very nice breakfast and espresso with top on cream!!The last day we made 2 glass of very fresh orange juice which was sooo great! Thank you very much!! See you soon hopefully! Nihongo de. totemo taizai siyasui yado deshita.hitoribeya de kagi mo moraete oishii ko-hi to tyousyoku tuki!! tyouki gata no ryokou wo siteiru kata ha pittari no yado dato omoimasu.

Everything was brilliant. paolo is a very nice guy who even picked us up with his car at stazione termini when we arrived in rome. the service of paolo and simona was excellent. every morning they filled up the refrigerator and made fresh coffee. they also gave us some good advices and information about the city and it´s public transports. casa simpatia is a clean appartment with four separate bedrooms and one "international" kitchen where you can enjoy your breakfast with people from all over europe - it was like a big appartment sharing community for students. the transport connection is very simple and good: a ticket for one day costs 4 euro and you can use every public transports in the whole city. there is a tram stop around the corner of casa simpatia from where it takes 10 minutes to stazione termini (if there is no practice for cases of terror :-)) from termini you can reach every important highlight within a few minutes by metro or bus. finally we have to say that we enjoyed our stay in casa simpatia in rome! thanks to paolo and simona!!! we will come back

Hemos pasado unos días muy agradables en Casa Simpatía. Queremos destacar la amabilidad y gentileza de Paolo y Simona, los días que estuvimos ahi fueron siempre muy divertidos y dispuestos a ayudarnos. El sitio era bastante limpio y la cocina tenía mucha comida para prepararse un buen desayuno. Volveremos pronto, seguro!

We recommend this accomodation to everyone who just needs a bed with breakfast and wants to spend the rest of the day in the city

Our stay at Casa da Simpatía was most pleasant. Paolo the owner was very helpful and fun lad. Breakfast was great, fresh and with a good variety. Definety good value for money!

The room we had was an excellent value. The service was helpful, and the kitchen very nice. The room was advertised as quiet, though it was right in the acceleration zone of a local road, and, therefore, very noisy (we don't come from the city, so we may be less forgiving about this). There seemed to be at least one more room which was more quiet. So if you don't like noise, ask for the quiet room. Overall, this room was a great value!

La stanza con bagno era abbastanza grande e non abbiamo sentito nessun rumore degli altri e ne anche dalla strada, si trova in un posto tranquillo anche se un po lontano dal centro(circa 25 min in tram).Non era sinceramente quello che asppetaba ma per prezzo non era troppo male. Il bagno é pulito e nuovo.Paolo é stato molto gentile con noi.

I enjoyed my stay in a casa simpatia, it was a nice room and paolo and simona are very helpful. rome is beautiful and we would love to come back one day.thanks.

Jestem mile zaskoczony pobytem w Casa Simpatia! Fajni ludzie, przystepne ceny i ³atwe po³¹czenie z centrum Rzymu - to chyba najlepsza reklama!

Nous avons beaucoup apprécié notre séjour (août 2005)et sommes prêts à revenir. Le BetB est spacieux, bien équipé, propre. L'accueil est chaleureux. L'aire calme, bien desservie par tram et bus, beaucoup de commerces à proximité. Et Rome un enchantement !

This is a nice place for the price. It is difficult to find, however. In hindsight, it would have been helpful to phone Paulo in Rome (as his website indicated, but we unfortnately did not do) upon our arrival to get detailed directions. Over all, a great non-touristy location with local shops and restaurants.

We remained in the bed & breakfast "A Casa Simpatia" for one day. The access was a bit difficoltous (the building was under restructuring, and the B&B was indicated on the intercom only with the name of the owner, Paolo Condemi, not as "Casa Simpatia"). That was the only, very little problem, because the permanence was pleasant: the room was quiet (except some obvious sounds from the street) and all the B&B (bathroom included) was extremely clean. Very essential furnitures but excellent cleanness - the most important thing talking about B&B and hotels! This is valid for the bed sheets too: the owner not only washes them as usual, but also baskets and replaces them every five times with new ones, to give the best hygienic warranties. I guess that not all the hotels replace the bed sheets so frequently, so this is a remarkable thing. In the B&B "A Casa Simpatia" there are not towels - you must come with your towel. This seems apparently strange, but Paolo said that it's always for hygienic reasons, and all in all he's right. Coming with the own personal towels it's just a little sacrifice that does not causes problems. The kitchen is little and extremely simple but complete with all the things you need to make a good breakfast - marmelade, cookies, etc. , and an "English breakfast" too (salami, eggs...). Also in this case, simplicity and cleanness are the keywords. I highly reccommend this B&B, because it's probably one of the less expensive B&B in Rome, it's very, very simple and you must renounce to some comforts (the towels as already said), but it is CLEAN and it is professionally managed by Paolo, a very kind person. Excellent price/quality rate. Thank you, Paolo, for the kind service, i will be pleased to come back again. :-)

We spent 5 nights (9-14 May '05) at "A Casa Simpatia" (location: Conte di Carmagnola, not elsewhere), we got lots of great stuff at breakfast (a cheerful host-Paulo took care of it every day), and paid about 58Euro/night. All day long we were in centre Rome visiting, getting there in 15 min. buy bus or tram. For a bed&breakfast.. it was quite a good deal for us, you can go for it ! D & V

Ich war mit meinem Sohn (7 Jahre )da.Es ist eine Wohnung mit 4 Räumen.2 mit Dusche,2 ohne Dusche, wo aber im Flur ein WC/Dusche ist, welches man sich mit dem anderen Zimmer teilt.Zimmer sind in Ordnung(zur Straße hin, daher etwas laut aber bei geschlossenen Fenster nicht weiter tragisch.Frühstück war toll.Paolo hat immer firdche Brötchen und mehr gebracht und im Kühlschrank war immer was drin.Wir fandenes toll.Liegt etwas Abseitsaber da dort Busse fahren ist es auch nicht weiter schlimm.Wir habenuns dort wohlk gefühlt und wenn es mit der Münze im Brunnen stimmt waren wir dort bestimmt nicht das letzte Mal.

We stayed in this place for 4 nights. Breakfast was included which was a bonus and was just stuff from the supermarket (make it yourself). It was clean and cheap, no extras. Only a 20 minute tram ride from termini, but out of the tourist areas. Exactly what we expected.

Dette var et helt greit B&B. Standarden er typisk italiensk, og alt er som beskrevet på websiden. Det finnes bedre B&Bs i Roma, men sannsynligvis ikke til denne prisen.... Paolo, mannen som eier hotellet, er en utrolig servicevennlig mann og gjør sitt aller beste for at oppholdet skal være hyggelig. Han lager en ´grepa´ kaffe også... ;o) Rommene er rene med god plass, og badene er helt på høyde med tre-og fire-stjerners hoteller i området. Pluss: tilgang til stort kjøkken og mulighet til å lage alle måltider selv. Utmerket service. Minus: Litt langt fra Termini, ca 20min med trikk. Går greit på dagtid, men regn med å ta taxi hjem hvis du kommer hjem etter 0030...

Mature married couple from Canada; This bed and breakfast was definitely satisfactory. Lots of good food to help yourself to, including fresh fruit & vegetables, eggs, yogurt and milk for coffee or tea. Clean bathroom with bidet, and modest but comfortable bedroom. Great Value!! Would recommend to anyone.

The main problem we had staying at Casa Sympatia was in finding the place. There was no indication as to which apartment unit/number he was in and he did not let us know. The room was good and breakfast facilities were great (full access to a stocked kitchen and fridge!)The other problem was that the bed was very uncomfortable!

This place should not be advertised as a bed and breakfast, as there was NO breakfast! Also, there is no sign posted anywhere indicating the place. We had to walk around to find locals that happened to know the people who ran it. Once we finally found it we were actually greeted kindly. The room was simple but clean. They were helpful with transportation information. After going out for dinner we returned in the evening and attempted to enter the apartment. The front door to the building had a key broken off in the keyhole. We did not know which doorbell to ring as there is no sign anywhere. So after trying multiple times and ringing other people's doors we finally got in. We were concerned that we would need to pay for another hotel room. We thought we would pay the next morning as requested but there was no one around and at the "breakfast" table there was a dirty ashtray sitting there. So, when we came home that evening the owner was sitting up and was extremely unfriendly and rude. We have been living and travelling in Italy for 2 1/2 years and this was the poorest example of hospitality we have seen in Italy. We paid what we owed and there was no thank you or anything. We would never go back and would never recommend people to stay here. If someone is going to be in the hospitality business and want referrals or repeat customers, a simple smile and genuine hospitality is a must! If you decide to stay here be prepared to find your own breakfast and expect poor customer service!

When I arrived to "A Casa Simpatia", I was directed to another apartment in this same building, due to a capital repair of a Casa Simpatia. The flat was decent and clean, but the owner - Romanian woman - unpleasant and rude. She tried to renegotiate the price and conditions of my stay.

Couldn't not sleep first night until 3 am because of friends of owner, room was cold, nor really possible to open window, no breakfest. it was CASA but NOT simpatia

It was a good time with our host Paolo. And it was a good value for money. Only the traffic noise in the morning was very loud in the room.

Hye, I'm French and I wanted to visit Rom during four days. I came from Paris and arrive very late. Paolo was very nice and was waiting for us. The room is clean and spacious. The atmosphère is peacefull and friendly. I recommand this adress and this guy.

Very nice and sympathic bed & breakfast! The only problem in the beginning was to find out how to go to the inner Town because it takes 15 min. by tram. We really can recommend it.

Das B&B Appartment liegt in einem typischen Vorortstadtteil von Rom. Das Haus liegt in einem Innenhofcarre im ersten Stock (Aufzug ist auch vorhanden. Paolo der Vermieter ist freundlich und bittet um eine genaue Zeitangabe, wann man am haus zum ersten Mal zwecks Schlüsselübergabe etc. eintrifft. In der Wohnung sind drei Zimmer zu vermieten. BAd und Küche sind Gemeinschaftsräume. Die Zimmersind sauber und ordentlich, wie auch die geamte Wohnung. Vielleicht ein wenig karg für deutsche Verhältnisse die Einrichtung der Zimmer. Was das Frühstück betrifft, so kann/muss man es sich morgens selbst zusammenstellen. Vorteil ist, dass man nicht nur auf ein "italienisches Frühstück" angewiesen ist. Brot, Wurst und verschiedene Früchte und Gemüse sind zum Frühstück im Selfservice vorhanden. Derzeit wird gerade die Fassade des Nachbarhauses renoviert (hatte jedoch keine störenden Geräusche) Insgesamt lässt sich sagen, dass das B&B eine günstige Übernachtungsmöglichkeit darstellt. Wer auf besonderen Komfort verzichten kann ist hier gut aufgehoben.

It was really nice to stay there, because: it wasn't too noisy - it's not situated in the center, you must take the tram (10minutes) - and there were cheap restaurants in the area to eat good pizzas :-) you have the key of the apartment, the key of the room, and just do as you were at home! other people in the building are italian people, you don't feel like a tourist, you just feel at home! you can take everything you want from the fridge for the breakfast ;-) we'll go there again!

This "Bed & Breakfast"has a very familiar athmosphere. The room was spacious and the bathroom extremely clean. The owner Paolo is very nice and friendly. You have to prepare yourself the breakfast, which is abundant. The pension is within two blocks to the tram and buses connected.

We spent 3 fine days in Paolo's Casa Simpatia in Rom. Paolo is indeed very sympatic and helpful and in addition a good passionate salsa dancer. He can help to find the best salsa locations in Rom.

All was very good and i loved it the place was very nice and i would gladly go again

Perfect place to stay in Rome for young people with limited budget. The owner is very very helpful and nice!

Se non si hanno troppe pretese e si vuole spendere poco in centro a Roma va bene...