Spanish Steps (Via della Croce): "Leonardo", a three bedroom, sitting room, 2 bathrooms, terrace apartment

Testimonials of guests who stayed in the flat (click on underscored text)

Neighbouring streets (with description and photos):

- Spanish Steps general presentation
- Via Sistina and Piazza Trinita' de' Monti
- The Borghese Gardens
- Via della Croce
- Via del Babbuino, Via San Giacomo, Via dei Greci, Via del Corso
- Via Mario Fiori and of Via Frattina

This jewel of an apartment is in the very heart of Rome, at the second floor of a vintage "palazzo". There is no elevator but the stairs are very easy to climb. The apartment is 140 sq. Mts. large (app. 1,400 sq. Ft.). Moreover there is a 50 sq. Mts. patio (app. 500 sq.Ft.). The apartment is bright, and extremely quiet (a find in Rome). Via della Croce on the contrary is lively, although only pedestrians are allowed. It includes characteristic restaurants, trendy cafes, fashionable boutiques and cosy grocery stores.

Via della Croce: January, madams window-shopping

The Spanish Steps are a few blocks away. All the other smart streets around the Steps can be found here: Via del Babuino with its antiquaries, Via Margutta with its art studios, Via Condotti with its ateliers (Valentino, Versace, Armani, Ferragamo, Fendi etc.) and jewelers (Bulgari and Armani). There are also international book shops, a famous academy of music (Santa Cecilia), and the famous Caff Greco.
For a more detailed presentation with many photos of this must-see quarter and street, please click on the links above.

In the above photo you can see the street. The Leonardo apt. is situated in the first palazzo at the right. The photo was snapped in early January. You can see in the background Piazza di Spagna, and behind it the Borghese gardens.

Floor plan

This apartment is so large and beautiful that we dedicated three pages to it, please click the underscored text:

(1) floor plan, foyer, first corridor, sitting room and patio (this page).

(2) master bedroom, master bathroom, second corridor and kitchen.

(3) third corridor, single bedroom, second bathroom and second double bedroom. a

Entrance - foyer

First corridor

After the front door there is a spacious foyer, with a large velvet sofa, a little table, and fine paintings. The corridor that follows has built-in wardrobes and charming bookshelves. This corridor is only one of the three the apartment is endowed with. The first door at the right is the one of the kitchen, the one at the end is that of the master bedroom.
The sitting-dining room is spacious and elegant. Like all the rooms, it has high-vault wooden beams ceilings.

It includes a fireplace, and a large 17th century map of Rome. It was made by geographer of that period, and it so accurate that it is used to understand in detail the exact layout of the town and of its buildings even today!

Sitting room

There is also an elegant and very comfortable double sofa bed (with wooden slats and quality mattress).

The sitting room also includes a nice walnut table, which can be made larger for six persons. There are six chairs upholstered with velvet (only four are shown in these photos), following Louis 16th style. and an elegant armchair.

Sitting room: opposite photo

Two poufs made of gilded wood, two little walnut tables with marble plan, and fine paintings complete the furniture.
The equipment includes a brand new Sony 25 inches colour TV with satellite aerial (dish), a Sony stereo Hi-Fi (with CD player, tuner, tape deck, not show in the photos as it was placed just after they were snapped), a wall mounted ventilator with rheostat (like in all the rooms), a halogen lamp. All the apartment is endowed with central air conditioning.

Through one door of the sitting room one can enter the patio.

The patio

It is app. 50 sq. Mts. . (app. 500 sq. Ft. .) large, and it is on purpose partly shaded. It includes a table with chairs to dine "al fresco", many vases with climbing plants. It is extremely quiet. It has also an other entrance, from the corridor of the second and third bedroom (making a perfect place to have breakfast in the morning for all the hosts).

The apartment is ideal for groups up to five persons, but it can accommodate up to seven persons. A foldable bed can be added accommodating another person (so it accommodates up to eight persons). Upon request, a crib bed for infants can be supplied.

To the pages presenting (click on the underscored text):

- master bedroom, master bathroom, second corridor and kitchen
- third corridor, single bedroom, second bathroom and second double bedroom

PRICE

The ALL INCLUSIVE WEEKLY PRICE for a party up to 5 persons varies with the season.

PRICE RANGE: between 2,430 Euros and 3,300 Euros.

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For an additional person there is a supplement of 100 - 150 Euro (depending on the season).

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