Tried & Tested

Apartment check: Crossing Corso

22 Oct 2013 by Jenny Southan

WHAT’S IT LIKE? A quirky, modern apartment in a typical Roman residential building, Crossing Corso enables you to live like a local. When I arrived in the afternoon, a member of staff was waiting on the street to welcome me, help with my luggage and take me up in the old-fashioned iron-gated lift. He was very friendly and helpful, showing me around the kitchen, giving me a code for the free wifi and giving me tips or places to eat and drink. He also gave me a phone number to call if I had any questions, but other than that, guests are left to their own devices, with a key to let themselves in and out.

The apartment has a curious layout, with a single bed set up on a mezzanine level above the living room, as well as a compact, well-equipped kitchen and a master bedroom with an en suite bathroom (there is also a small bathroom at the bottom of the stairs to the mezzanine).

Unfortunately the views out of the windows really let it down, as they look on to an inner courtyard that is littered with rubbish. (I kept the windows closed.) The décor is fresh and neutral with wooden floors, white walls, beige furnishings and black kitchen. The upper mezzanine level has a cosy, seaside feel with painted white wooden floorboards, beams and a glass wall. Cleaning is daily from 2.30pm to 3.30pm.

WHERE IS IT? The apartment is ten minutes’ walk from the Spanish Steps in central Rome, just off Via del Corso, on Via della Vite 7. Check-in is between 3pm and 4.30pm (liaise with reception beforehand to inform of your arrival time). Limo pick-up from the airport is €65.

APARTMENT FACILITIES The living room has an oval dining table with four chairs, a chest of drawers, a coffee table and sofa, and an office corner with a laptop (free for guests to use), fax and printer. There is also a 32-inch LCD TV with Sky and air conditioning.

The kitchen has a large fridge stocked with complimentary cans and bottles of juice, fizzy soft drinks, beer and milk, which is very welcome. Tea, coffee, hot chocolate, sweets, cakes and biscuits are also provided free of charge. The cupboards have everything you’d need to cook a meal – plenty of crockery and cutlery, pans and knives – and there is also a dishwasher, freezer, microwave, coffee maker, kettle, toaster, oven and stove.

The main bedroom comes with a queen-size bed, a 22-inch LCD television, wardrobe, safe, side tables with lamps and a phone, and a contemporary en suite bathroom with a walk-in shower, slippers, hair dryer, towels and L’Occitane bathing amenities (the same as in the other bathroom). There isn’t a lot of space but it is perfectly adequate. The mezzanine “bedroom” on the other hand, would be better suited to a child as only has a single bed and a low ceiling.  

RESTAURANTS AND BARS None on-site but there are plenty of restaurants nearby.

BUSINESS AND MEETING FACILITIES Although the apartment has a living room it isn’t professional enough to use for meetings.

LEISURE FACILITIES None.

VERDICT If you want to be centrally located and very independent in a “home away from home”, Crossing Corso could be a good option. Rome doesn’t have much choice in the way of branded serviced apartments so you will generally have to go through independent owners such as this one, but I found them to be very welcoming and helpful. The flat is modern and clean but the views are a disappointment.

FACT FILE

HOW MANY APARTMENTS? One (Crossing Corso) but the owners also have Crossing Condotti, at Via Mario de Fiori 28 nearby, which houses six rooms.

HIGHLIGHTS Well stocked fridge with free soft drinks and beer, free wifi, central location and modern bathrooms.

PRICE Email [email protected] for details of pricing and availability – rates in January started from €260 per night for two people. (There is a city tax of €2 per person, per day.)

CONTACT Crossing Corso, Via della Vite 7; tel +39 669 920 633; crossingcorso.com

Jenny Southan

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