Corso Ambrose - Sleeps 4 + 2
Rome Apartment
The location of the Corso Carlo and Corso
Ambrose is wonderfully convenient to shopping and sightseeing. And
these two apartments are freshly decorated and well
furnished.
These two apartments couldn't be better located. If you step off
the Spanish Steps and walk straight ahead, you'll find them just
where Via delle Carrozze intersects with the Corso. Proceed past
this building, take a left, and you will find the Pantheon and the
wonderful streets that lead over to Piazza Navona and Campo dei
Fiori. Ambrose faces Via del Corso and its daily parade of
Roman life. Inside it offers space and comfort.
The Via del Corso connects Piazza del Popolo with its obelisk and twin churches and Piazza Venezia that is dominated by the Victor Emmanuel Monument (humorously called "The Typewriter" and the "Candy Chef's Monument").
This immediate area is shopping central with every known and
aspiring designer represented in the streets around the Spanish
Steps.
The building faces the elegant Grand Plaza Hotel and is next to the wonderful baroque basilica of Saints Ambrose and Carlo.
There is a small piazza in front of the building which fills up with the motorbikes of people who work in the area. There you will find little dune buggy type vehicles for rent by the hour, the sign says no license required! The price varies, they told me, depending on demand. Another company offers bicycle driven buggies that seat six, a fun way to move around the town.
The Via del Corso is partially closed to traffic and the street in front of this building is prime strolling territory with a constant parade of Romans and visitors. If you focus away from the Spanish Steps to the west of the Corso, you will find a whole, somewhat separate village. One of the beauties of renting an apartment is that you get to know the city more deeply.
You enter the apartments through a side door in the building. The
apartments are technically on the second floor (American
designation), but there is a mezzanine level in-between, so it is
35 steps straight up from the front door to the apartments. The
steps are fairly steep and there is no elevator.
Each apartment is totally separate, but their entrances face each other and there are no other apartments on the stairwell, so a larger party could rent both and move between them without disturbing the neighbors.
The Ambrose apartment, approximately 1,200 square feet, occupies the front of the palazzo and faces the Plaza Hotel. It has many elegant features befitting a palazzo in this area of Rome.
As you enter, there is a table and antique mirror that reflects a long hallway that connects the rooms. Wood wainscoting lines the hallway and handsome wood paneling surrounds you in the living/dining room and in the room with the twin beds. Notice the scroll work above the bedroom windows and on either side of the bedroom doors. Scrollwork conceals indirect lighting above the built-in closets and drawers. The wall and ceiling decoration in the living room is not, as you might think, wallpaper, but hand cut wood appliqué wreaths, each one consisting of a dozen small pieces of stained wood. This work was done a hundred years ago and is rare today. Vaulted ceilings show that this is the original layout of the rooms in this four hundred year old building.
The living/dining room area is spacious. The table is quite large,
seating eight when you pull out the leaves, although I think you
will find only seven chairs in the apartment. A sideboard holds a
lamp and television. Another sideboard supplements the kitchenette
with shelves for dishes and utensils of which there are ample. The
sofa is comfortable and has a floor lamp beside it for light. The
living room is accessed through the second bedroom. The living room
is accessed through the twin bedroom. The rooms can be closed off
from each other, but if you fill the apartment, put your heaviest
sleepers in the twin room.
The kitchenette is modern with a four burner stove top, small refrigerator with freezer shelf for ice, sink, and dishwasher. The pots, pans, knives, and utensils are of good quality. The top shelves are very high and will be hard for shorter people to reach without the little stool you can stand on.
The master bedroom has a queen sized bed, bedside tables with reading lamps and a side chair. It is quietly decorated in cream and black.
The second bedroom has a twin bed that converts into two twins or a
queen. The sofa also converts in the same way. The photo of the
second bedroom shows them separate and of the sofa bed shows them
made up together. If you are interested in this clever Italian
system, the second bed part slides out from underneath, then you
simply lift it and the legs drop down putting it at the same height
as the original bed. You can align the beds as two halves of a
queen and make them up that way, or separate them. Not that you
need to worry about that, we will have them made up to fit your
party.
The second bedroom has a handsome antique reproduction bureau with a lamp and closets and drawers built in on either side of the door.
There are three small bathrooms which is a very nice setup when the apartment is full; three people can get ready at the same time. There are two water heaters so there is plenty of hot water for showers. The bathrooms have been recently refitted with new fixtures and tile work. One, built-in shower appears original. The bathrooms are equipped as follows:
1. Shower, sink, toilet
2. Sink, toilet, bidet
3. Shower, sink
All the radiators have been removed, so the heating, if needed, is via electric radiators which work wonderfully well. The only caution would be keeping toddlers away from the radiators.
Traffic is limited in this stretch of the Corso, but emergency vehicles, garbage trucks, and local workers on their "motorini" come and go, so if you sleep lightly, bring earplugs.
The Via del Corso connects Piazza del Popolo with its obelisk and twin churches and Piazza Venezia that is dominated by the Victor Emmanuel Monument (humorously called "The Typewriter" and the "Candy Chef's Monument").
The building faces the elegant Grand Plaza Hotel and is next to the wonderful baroque basilica of Saints Ambrose and Carlo.
There is a small piazza in front of the building which fills up with the motorbikes of people who work in the area. There you will find little dune buggy type vehicles for rent by the hour, the sign says no license required! The price varies, they told me, depending on demand. Another company offers bicycle driven buggies that seat six, a fun way to move around the town.
The Via del Corso is partially closed to traffic and the street in front of this building is prime strolling territory with a constant parade of Romans and visitors. If you focus away from the Spanish Steps to the west of the Corso, you will find a whole, somewhat separate village. One of the beauties of renting an apartment is that you get to know the city more deeply.
Each apartment is totally separate, but their entrances face each other and there are no other apartments on the stairwell, so a larger party could rent both and move between them without disturbing the neighbors.
The Ambrose apartment, approximately 1,200 square feet, occupies the front of the palazzo and faces the Plaza Hotel. It has many elegant features befitting a palazzo in this area of Rome.
As you enter, there is a table and antique mirror that reflects a long hallway that connects the rooms. Wood wainscoting lines the hallway and handsome wood paneling surrounds you in the living/dining room and in the room with the twin beds. Notice the scroll work above the bedroom windows and on either side of the bedroom doors. Scrollwork conceals indirect lighting above the built-in closets and drawers. The wall and ceiling decoration in the living room is not, as you might think, wallpaper, but hand cut wood appliqué wreaths, each one consisting of a dozen small pieces of stained wood. This work was done a hundred years ago and is rare today. Vaulted ceilings show that this is the original layout of the rooms in this four hundred year old building.
The kitchenette is modern with a four burner stove top, small refrigerator with freezer shelf for ice, sink, and dishwasher. The pots, pans, knives, and utensils are of good quality. The top shelves are very high and will be hard for shorter people to reach without the little stool you can stand on.
The master bedroom has a queen sized bed, bedside tables with reading lamps and a side chair. It is quietly decorated in cream and black.
The second bedroom has a handsome antique reproduction bureau with a lamp and closets and drawers built in on either side of the door.
There are three small bathrooms which is a very nice setup when the apartment is full; three people can get ready at the same time. There are two water heaters so there is plenty of hot water for showers. The bathrooms have been recently refitted with new fixtures and tile work. One, built-in shower appears original. The bathrooms are equipped as follows:
1. Shower, sink, toilet
2. Sink, toilet, bidet
3. Shower, sink
All the radiators have been removed, so the heating, if needed, is via electric radiators which work wonderfully well. The only caution would be keeping toddlers away from the radiators.
Traffic is limited in this stretch of the Corso, but emergency vehicles, garbage trucks, and local workers on their "motorini" come and go, so if you sleep lightly, bring earplugs.
Euros Price:
€1995/week or €338/night
4 night minimum booking period
Utilities included
Bedrooms:
2 bedrooms: Queen bed in master bedroom, second bedroom has trundle style bed that can be made up as a two twins or a queen, double sofabed in the living room. Portable crib available upon request. Living/dining area is accessed through second bedroom.
Bathrooms:
2.5 bathrooms: 2 Showers. Hair dryer provided.
No. of Guests:
Up to 6 people.
Size:
1200 square feet
Washer/Dryer:
No. Laundromat very nearby. Iron and ironing board upon request. .
Kitchen:
4 burner gas range, small refrigerator, dishwasher, pots, pans, utensils provided.
Air Conditioning & Heat:
No air-conditioning. Portable electric radiators.
Elevator:
No. Apartment is on the 2nd floor U.S. (1st floor European)
TV:
Satellite TV
Linens:
Sheets and towels are provided.
Public Transportation:
Electric bus runs in front of building on Via del Corso. Buses, taxis, and subway are nearby.
Neighborhood:
Via del Corso, Piazza di Spagna, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon very close.
Click on the map for a larger view.
€1995/week or €338/night
4 night minimum booking period
Utilities included
Bedrooms:
2 bedrooms: Queen bed in master bedroom, second bedroom has trundle style bed that can be made up as a two twins or a queen, double sofabed in the living room. Portable crib available upon request. Living/dining area is accessed through second bedroom.
Bathrooms:
2.5 bathrooms: 2 Showers. Hair dryer provided.
No. of Guests:
Up to 6 people.
Size:
1200 square feet
Washer/Dryer:
No. Laundromat very nearby. Iron and ironing board upon request. .
Kitchen:
4 burner gas range, small refrigerator, dishwasher, pots, pans, utensils provided.
Air Conditioning & Heat:
No air-conditioning. Portable electric radiators.
Elevator:
No. Apartment is on the 2nd floor U.S. (1st floor European)
TV:
Satellite TV
Linens:
Sheets and towels are provided.
Public Transportation:
Electric bus runs in front of building on Via del Corso. Buses, taxis, and subway are nearby.
Neighborhood:
Via del Corso, Piazza di Spagna, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon very close.
Click on the map for a larger view.