Bed & Breakfast A Testaccio da Max - Rome

9.1

"A Testaccio da Max" is a great place to stay in Rome. Location is good, the room clean, the atmosphere typically Roman, and Max (the guy who runs the B & B) very friendly and welcoming. There's a lot more charm to this place than to many tourist hotels! We will definitely stay here again if/when we come back to Rome.

9.1

A Testaccio da Max appeared to have 3 guestrooms instead of 2. All rooms have a private bathroom. Two of them are in the room. Only one room (ours) has a private bathroom in the hall opposite of the bedroom. The fact that the bathroom was outside the room didn't present any problem at all. Arriving at Termini station we took bus 170 . It is 11 stops to the B&B which is situated only 2 minutes by foot from the busstop. Back to town its only 4 stops to the piazza Venezia. Although it is possible to take the underground (line B, Pyramide stop)we wouldn't recommend this to travellers carrying a lot of luggage because it takes more than 10 minutes by foot to reach the B&B. Massimiliano(Max), the owner, is a great host who does the utmost to make your stay as pleasant as possible. In our case this meant for him having to get up at 5 AM to drive us to Termini station on the day of our departure. Max doesn't live at the property but comes over every morning for breakfast and cleaning. Guests have their own key to the appartment. The fact that the owner didn't live at the B&B gave us a feeling of enormous privacy and arriving in the evening after having spend a day in the city of Rome it felt like entering our own home. Breakfast is the traditional Italian breakfast. Coffee or tea and and some sweet pastry. Don't expect a continental or a full English one. There are cereals though. Testaccio is a very pleasant, clean, quiet and safe neighbourhood. We asked Max if he knew a good restaurant nearby and he referred us to "il Buccatino" which is only five minutes from the B&B. It serves traditional Roman food and we consider it one of the best there is in Rome. We most certainly recommend A Testaccio da Max to future travellers to Rome.

9.3

Very quiet and clean place near the river Max is very nice and speak some English

9.0

Despite a misunderstanding when booking by internet, Massimo was very helpful and welcoming. The room was beautiful, air-conditioned and very clean. The Italian coffee excellent; maybe just a little reserve on the cakes accompanying it. A very good place to stay, near from the Trastevere and its nightlife, and not far from the center by bus. Very good price/quality relation.

5.5

The most reasonably priced bed and breakfast left when i came to book. Even the taxi driver at Pyramid station did not know where Via Orazio Antinori was- it is just off VIa Americo Vespucci. Breakfast was a very strong coffee and a pastry served by the host. The dining area was quite small and the host remained with us throughout. I imagine it would be quite a squeeze for more than one set of guests to dine together. The shared bathroom was serviceable and clean. Altogether an entertaining stay as the host was quite funny, i would not reccommend this for families with small children or people who have difficulty with stairs.

8.9

I thought the B&B was awesome. It was very quiet, which in Rome is unusual. It is just around the corner from a bus that takes you to Piazza Venezia in 5 minutes. The breakfast is your basic coffee and croissant. Mossimo, the owner, was very nice and helpful. The room was also the typical size for Italy. It was a great place to stay. Lots of restaurants nearby and the Testaccio open market is only about 5 minutes walking. I'd definately stay there again.