About
The people behind Le Stanze di Ottaviano, how each article about the subject is put together, and what we will not publish.
This is a blog and nothing more complicated than that. Nothing is deleted once it is up, so the archive is the full record, written to the standard of the line under the logo, Comfortable rooms, Roman neighbourhood, no surprises..
Le Stanze di Ottaviano started as a private notebook. Somebody kept a record of what was worth the money and what was noise, and after a few years that notebook was more useful than most of what was published online.
We write from notes taken while doing the thing, not from a summary of other summaries. Where we are unsure, the page says so in plain words.
We are not neutral about quality, but we are honest about incentives. Where money is involved, the page says so.
If you want the mechanics rather than the summary, the editorial policy has them, including what we refuse to publish.
There is no house byline here. Each piece is signed, and each signature leads to everything else that person has put their name to.
Giulia Ferrara, Host and founder. Giulia has run Le Stanze di Ottaviano for twelve years. She grew up in Prati, knows every street in the neighbourhood, and is quietly passionate about helping guests see Rome the way locals do.
Marco Bianchi, Local travel and neighbourhood writer. Marco has been writing about Rome and Lazio for travel publications for over a decade. He lives five minutes from the guest house and updates his neighbourhood guides every season.
Elena Conti, Food and culture writer. Elena writes about Roman food, culture and the experience of being a visitor in a city that rewards patience and curiosity. She contributes to several Italian travel blogs and eats out more than is strictly advisable.
There are questions we routinely decline. Anything that depends on facts only you can see, and anything where being wrong would cost you real money on our say so.
Nothing gets filed under three headings at once. If a piece does not have an obvious home, that usually means it has not been thought through yet. The busiest sections are our rooms, local guide and travel tips.
Corrections go to info@lestanzediottaviano.com. Quote the sentence rather than describing it. We would rather log a visible correction than edit a page and hope nobody noticed, and the contact page explains the rest.
