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Listing ID: 1229698186557 Category: Home Exchange Type: Beach House Country: Italy Region: Italy - Lazio City: Rome 5 Reviews Write a Review

A great experience

Joanna and Giancarlo are great hosts, and our time spent in Rome and Torvajanica are the most fond memories of our entire stay in Europe. They are true Romans, and passionate about their city, and keen to inspire visitors with the same love, and for us, they succeeded. The apartment is perfect for those travelling with children especially, and well fitted out, with an excellent kitchen and a spacious garden, which was an oasis of calm after our visits into Rome. There is a reliable bus service to the Rome train, which is frequent in the summer season, though a car would be a great advantage at other times. Nearby is a well stocked, very reasonably priced supermarket, and charming bars, selling great coffee and genuine Italian food, though the best thing about Torvajanica is the local people, who were unfailingly helpful and friendly, despite the fact we spoke no Italian. We felt as though we were experiencing the Italy of the people, and not just the Italy of the tourist.
Ours was a wonderful experience, and one we hope to repeat as soon as possible.

Jane and Tony. Sydney, Australia.
Tony - stayed April 2013 (Review submitted on December 16, 2013)
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très proche de la mer

Appartement très propre et fonctionnel. Propriétaires charmants.
Behra - stayed July 2011 (Review submitted on May 03, 2013)
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Outstanding

My wife and I stayed with Stan and his wife. I can confirm the possitive review he gave and wish to add what wonderful hosts the owners- Joanna and Giancarlo were. They went out of their way to help make our visit special.
Thanks, Tim & Jan
Tim - stayed May 2010 (Review submitted on April 29, 2013)
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Rome in the Spring

My wife and I stayed with another couple in Torvaianica in May 2010. It was a wonderful experience. I never expected that the owners, who live in Rome, would become our private tour guides for the city. We took the bus/train into Rome and saw everything. The property was clean, convenient and safe. Would certainly recommend it to anyone. We threw coins in the fountain, so hopefully, someday, we'll be back!
Stan - stayed May 2010 (Review submitted on April 28, 2013)
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Great Host!

I had my family reunion at this place. there were altogether 6 of us: myself, my three sisters and two nieces. We had a great week in Torvaianica, mainly thanks to Joanna's being a great host. She took care of everything in preparation for our arrival. She bought for us local transit tickets and left for us 2 prepaid mobile phones, so that we cold call each other in case we were separated somewhere in the city. All I needed to do was to leave the cash for Joanna at the end of our stay to pay for the transit tickets and the prepaid phones, as she did not like my offer to use PayPal for that purpose.

When it comes to the property itself I find that the garden is its greatest asset. The apartment is at the ground floor of an apartment building and as a result Joanna has the exclusive use of half of the garden around the building. The other half, separated by a fence for privacy, is being used by some other people that have another apartment on the ground floor. Since we were there in June, and it was warm outside we ate most of our meals in the garden. The only thing that we had to do was to have the outside table at one side of the building for breakfast , and at the other side for the dinner, so as to be always in the shade.

The coastal location gave us the best of two worlds. Every other day we spent visiting Rome, enjoying the beach in Torvaianica in between the trips to the metropolis. Torvaianica is just a little over one hour away from the center of Rome when using the local transit.





Jan - stayed June 2011 (Review submitted on June 20, 2012)
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