“Rome is undoubtedly one of the most interesting cities in the world. A good way to start or end a trip with its endless monuments and architectural gems at every turn. To make things even better, Chiara was a perfect house-swapping partner. She was attentive to every correspondence in our trip, from the planning phase through the time we spent in her apartment. My experience suggests that Chiara wants to make the exchange a very nice one. She offers a very clean apartment with an updated kitchen and bathrooms. There is plenty of space to move around as well. From a location standpoint, her apartment is just close enough to be within walking distance to many Roman hi-lights or, at least, a short taxi ride away from others. The Vatican and Borghese Gardens are within my walking radius, maybe not some people. The Coliseum and Forum a 20 minute cab ride away. That puts here apartment in a quieter section of Rome where you could be hanging out in local restaurants and bars which is much to my preference. The hordes of visitors at the "must see" destinations can be a bit of an over load. So, this location worked very well for me. I would like to extend a heart-felt thanks to Chiara from my traveling partners. She made our visit a very good stay. I highly recommend a swap with Chiara if Rome is in your future. Be well, Geoff and Stella”
Central Rome (near Vatican)
Central Rome (near Vatican)

Chiara
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- 3 Bedrooms
- Sleeps 5
- 2 Bathrooms
About our home
Summer 2023: looking for a swap on August 8th to 20th (beach in Europe/North Africa)
SUMMER 2024: looking for a SWAP WITH CALIFORNIA LA!
Sunny apartment at the 4th floor of a 1930 building in Roma Prati historical area: a large kitchen with a big table, a nice sitting room (with TV), living room (table for 6/8), corridor, one double bedroom for kids with a bunk bed that we can convert in two single beds (plus a sofa bed), one single bedroom, large master bedroom (all of them very quiet), one small bathroom and a big one with comfortable shower and tub, plus a large cuddy (with washer and dryer). Every room has got big windows. Wi-fi is high speed fiber all over and conditioning air works properly (2 motors, very quiet). The house has been totally renovated, we have the elevator but you have 5 steps to get in. As you can see on the map, we are very close to the centre and - even more important - we are in the flat area of Rome, so no hills to walk up and down. Plus, we are the most connected zone by public transport (metro, bus, tram, cab). From the house you can simply walk to St Peter or Castel S. Angelo (2 kms, 15 minutes) or take a bus 30 meters from the house (you'll have it within 5-10 minutes) and get to piazza Navona (3 kms, 10 minutes by bus, 20 by foot). The metro is 1 km far from (Lepanto station), so you can reach Termini train station in 5 minutes or Colosseo in 10. If you like to bike, you can rent and go on the reserved lane straight to the Vatican or along the Tevere river till the center. Prati is full of open markets, shops, street food spots, very nice restaurants and there's a play garden just few steps from our place (for kids 0-15). To be clear, this is not a luxury house but a very comfortable place to be: the kitchen is new, beds are good, warming/conditioning air is independent and the hot water is always ready for the shower (it's not so common to have these services in ancient houses like ours in Rome, check it out). Plus, the wooden floor and the handmade decorations (both original by the 30s), the spacious rooms (ceiling 3 meters high) make it a real Roman home with contemporary benefits. Hope you enjoy it!
Features
- Main home
- Balcony
- Wifi
- Cable TV
- Air conditioning
- Equipped for kids
- No smoking
- Dish washer
- Washing machine
- Dryer
- No pets
“We spent a super week in Roma and this has been possible thanks to Chiara and family! Their flat is so spacious, comfortable, and so well decorated as only Italian can do it! Information got from Chiara was always super relevant and well appropriate to us (public transport, restaurants, shops…). The neighbourhood is quiet and on the other hand you can get to main Roma famous places so quickly. The Vatican is not far from foot (so the Piazza del Popolo and the Borghese gardens), a public garden is very close the flat with a very nice view to Rome, the Tibre is 300 meters away…We highly recommend a swap with Chiara and family. Thanks a lot again!”
“Totally recommend for comfortable staying! The hosts are amazing people (we received so much precious information about the city, Italian traditions, and cinema) and made our dreams come true: If you want to feel a true Roman, this place is for you. A gorgeous and spacious apartment in a quiet and very convenient area where a warm pastry in a cafe next door or a farmer’s market (just a few minute walk) with fresh mozzarella and other products would wait for you in the morning. A nice stroll through beautiful blocks will bring you to Castel Sant’Angelo or San Peter’s piazza. We would do it again! ”
“Our swap with Chiara was perfect from start to finish. Communicating with Chiara was simple and fast, we had many great suggestions of places to visit, restaurants, and everything really. Chiara is wonderfully friendly and helpful; the perfect hostess. The flat is extremely comfortable and contains everything you need; in fact it is enormous. We were very happy to have the air conditioning after a day of exploring in the summer heat. The neighborhood is friendly and quiet, and our favourite restaurant during our 9 day visit to Rome was Madelaine, just 2 minutes walk from the flat. There are plenty of other restaurants nearby, and shops for supplies. The flat is very well placed also. In a short walk you can get to the underground station where it is around 4 stops to the Colusseum; or you are a short walk from the bus stop which goes right into the city in 10 minutes. You are also a short walk from the Vatican. We walked easily to Palazzo di Popolo also from the flat. All in all, it was a superb lovehomeswap experience and I highly recommend Chiara's place!”
“This was one of our best Swaps ever! Chiara and family are exceptional people, from the get-go super responsive and willing to help and inform us about all the insider tips in Rome. The apartment was just perfect, spacious, confortable, spotless clean and in a fantastic neighbourhood. Our Rome trip was a fantastic experience thanks to Chiara and her lovely family, we will be eternally grateful and looking forward to receive them here in Bali whenever they're able to come. ”
“ We spent two wonderful weeks in this beautify decorated and equipped apartment which is in a quiet area but close to the center of Rome. We highly recommend staying in this lovely place and if we decide to go back to Rome we will surely try our luck again in the same place!”
“We want to thank you for use of your very comfortable and beautiful home. We had a great time during our stay - enjoyed so much. The neighborhood with all nice small shops, restaurants and parks made our stay just perfect. Local people were so friendly that you felt like to be at home :) Chiara gave us many tips and moving around Rome was so easy from this location. Cooking food (from local shops ingredients) in your well equipped kitchen was so great that we forgot even to go out for dinner. We even took a day trip to Naples and was going to stay there overnight, but got back to Rome as we felt better that way. We hope to make a return trip soon! Mille Grazie and Ciao! Eva”
“The exchange with Chiara and Giovanni was perfect since the beginning. We tried to suit dates during Christmas 2018 but could not and we made it for Christmas 2019. Since the beginning they were thoughtful, polite, attentive to details, very easy to communicate with. They were always eager to help me and Tereza and provided all kinds of info on the house, Prati (their lovely neighborhood) and Rome. Every now and then we would exchange messages or emails with hints and info. Their apartment in Prati is wonderful, extremely comfortable and has everything one can need. In fact, it is much bigger and better than shown in the pictures. Prati is an upscale typically roman neighborhood, close to everything but not so touristic which enabled us to feel a bit like locals. As guests, they took great care of our place. In the end we met them along with their kids Pietro and Agata briefly since we had just a few time to go the airport. A real simultaneous exchange. Wonderful, easy going people. In summary, consider yourself very lucky if you make an exchange with them. Several thumbs up!”
“The exchange was wonderful in every sense! The location of their large three bedroom flat was perfect for city living. Chiara marked all shopping and best restaurants on a google map for us. A butcher shop, a small convenience store, a pizza place, and fabulous restaurant for morning croissants and thick hot chocolate were a few steps from their ground floor door. A very functional and classic 1930's style (wood paneling) elevator takes you up to the 4th floor apartment. We watched the new year fireworks from the 6th floor roof balcony! The apartment is a 20 minute walk distance from the Vatican and 15 from the metro; but buses are a block away, as is a taxi stand.. rThe home is decorated with many tasteful and very interesting paintings and wall art. The living room was extremely comfortable with several sofas and many books on full length wall shelves. It had the feel of a studio for relaxation. There is a music system and large flat screen tv with many cable channels and movies available... if you have the time in "exciting Roma" for watching instead of seeing the sites! The kitchen is large and well equipped for cooking and entertaining. Two bathrooms are convenient and modern. We stayed in touch with Chiara and her family almost daily by WhatsApp while they were half a world away in our Costa Rican beach home. We had no serious problems, but it was very convenient to ask questions about small details in their apartment home. All in all, this is the perfect exchange for a family hat wants to visit Roma!! We recommend highly. ”
“We were fortunate enough to have an absolutely perfect exchange with Chiara‘s family for ten days in April 2018 and cannot rate them highly enough. The home was lovely. We were made to feel extremely welcome and were able to treat their home as our own. Chiara was very easy to communicate with in the run up to the trip and throughout our stay. We feel lucky to have had such a wonderful time in Rome. Thank you for all the trust, help and perfect communicaton, friends, we wish you all the best. A special thanks to your mom, Chiara, for watering the plants on the terrace, they will remember her with pleasure.”
“The lovely Prati neighborhood is full of shops and restaurants. The locals are very welcoming and make you feel at home immediately. The apartment is super spacious and comfortable, even for 4 grown-ups. We spent an unforgettable week in this lovely apartment which is located in a quiet area, but yet so close to the centre of Rome... public transport one minute from your door. Chiara gave us some wonderful insider tips which made our stay feeling like home. Thanks Chiara, looking forward to hosting you and the family in Africa soon!”
“A wonderful place to stay in Rome: located in a splendid neighbourhood (Prati), the apartment is spacious, quiet, tastefully decorated, and very comfortable. We really felt at home. And our host Chiara was very accurate and helpful with information, tips, and some goodies in the fridge... Siamo contentissimi! P&P”
“It was a pleasure to host Chiara and her family. Communication was excellent and they were delightful people to have in our home. They were extremely respectful, very helpful taking care of our cats and left our home perfectly clean.”
More about us
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LOOKING FOR CLASSIC SWAP AUG 5th to 20th!
We are a family of 4: Giovanni (59) and Chiara (53) are journalists, Pietro (20) and Agata (17) students. We love nature, food, music, books, cinema and arts. We love traveling! It would be a pleasure for us to introduce you our amazing country suggesting places and things to do not only in Rome: from here you can reach Naples or Florence in 1 hour by train, Venice or Milan in 4 hours, Sicily or Sardinia in 1 hour by plane. We had nice swaps with Asturias, Florida, Helsinki, Israel, Berlin, Milan, NYC, Valencia, Tunisia, Costa Rica, South Africa, Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro: so good to see the world and make new friends all over!
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We love helping our guests to enjoy Rome day and night, from food to museums, shopping or simply resting in front of beauty: just ask :)
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Our place is warm in winter and very fresh in summer time, we love confort and everything is easy to manage here. The house is very sunny as it is at the 4th floor (and the elevator is very useful after a long walk in town!): come and see, you will love it.
https://mamalovesrome.com/prati-neighborhood-rome/
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The building is very cozy and people are nice. We never had problems with noises or other stuff. As we are not in a touristic zone, you will sleep in silence. Just under our place you find a pizza shop, a nice enoteca with good wine and typical Roman food, a shop with daily fresh bread, milk, mozzarella and whatever you need to survive ;) The area is totally safe, you can walk around day and night. You can reach the roof to pick the laundry and see St Peter's Cupola!
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