We were attending the Champions League Final 2009 and were struggling to find suitable accomodation in Rome when we came across this little beauty.
Facts
* Situated in a really nice residential area, with a couple of lovely cafe/bars (Bar Greco & Gregorys Bar) on the corner (all the local bars / cafes are much cheaper than the ones in city centre)
*15/20 min walk to the Vatican & St Peters and another 15/20 mins to Piasso Navrona, Trevi Fountain etc
*If visiting the Vatican go on a Wednesday morning (10 am) as the Pope offers an open- air mass/blessing you can attend, what an uplifting experience even for the non-religous!
*Rooms are functional & modern with really nice shower-rooms and power showers
*Good basic Italian breakfast of juice, cereals, coffee and toast & jam
*Free Wi-fi/Internet connection
*Steff your host is really knowlegable and helpful and points you in the right direction for all of the things you may need, especially good eating places
*Check out their web-site which has a short video of the B&B and opt for the room with the balcony (We used this as a triple) www.bbilbassotto.com.
* I would recommend that you contact the B&B to see if Steff will arrange airport pick up and departure as the taxis at the airport are a rip-off if you are not carefull (tried to charge us £95 one way whilst Steff arranged our deparure to Ciampino for £40 for 4 x people)
* Have no problem recommending this B&B as we really enjoyed it and would definately return
Regards
Bob

My wife and I just came back from Rome and we stayed there 5 night. It was great! Stefano the owner is a really nice guy who always is available to answer any questions. He recommend 3 restaurants for us and all were superb. These were not tourist traps. I am Italian myself and we were eating at some very good locals places. He provides a good breakfast which in Italy is hard to find.
It is about a 10 minute walk to the Vatican, I know I did it about 10 times. It's in a safe part of town, residential.
There is a great hot table place where you can eat just on the corner and a cafe next door. All amenities are close by, the buses are easy to get to and it's about an 8 euro taxi ride from the ancient area when traffic is not bad.
I would recommend it any time to anyone. We are hoping to go back again.
Also he speaks perfect English if you can't speak Italian.
Thanks again Stefano!