Via Giulia is a 16th century fashionable street connecting St. Peter’s to central Rome. This street runs parallel with the Tiber River, and was built by Julius II to connect the Ponte Sisto with the Vatican. It was considered the center of papal Rome, and Julius commissioned Bramante to line it with imposing elegant palaces, like Palazzo Falconieri and old churches like San Eligio. It still remains an elegant residential area of the city with it’s cobblestoned streets and antique shops, and somehow retains the peaceful feeling of a Rome long since past. The area around Via Giulia is a wonderful section to wander through and get the feeling of daily life as carried on in a centuries old-setting. At your doorstep is Piazza Navona, Piazza Farnese, Campo dei Fiori and the Pantheon. The Spanish Steps are just a few minutes walking distance.
RGIU - Via Giulia sleeps 4 - 6, and is on the third floor (there is an elevator). It is quite spacious (about 1000 square feet), and is fully furnished and equipped, including linen and towels. It has a large sunny roman-style living-room with a hand painted and decorated high golden ceiling crossed by wooden beams, the floor is of terra-cotta, and two windows look onto Via Giulia itself. The large living area also contains a sofa, 2 easy chairs and an lounge chair. All the rooms open off a long corridor with a parquet floor: the main bathroom, tiled with white & green ceramics, with a large shower box, a double bedroom (which can also be converted into 2 twin beds), with a wooden wardrobe. The master bedroom has a queen sized bed, a closet, and a master bathroom with hand-painted ceramics, shower and tub. The fully equipped kitchen is tiled with white&blue ceramics, and contains a refrigerator, a microwave, a double stainless steel sink, and a small balcony. There is a telephone, a color TV set and a hair-dryer.