Me and my girlfriend decided to go to Rome for our first visit to Italy. We arrived at ciampino airport and managed to find a taxi willing to do a €30 euro journey to this hotel (be very careful taxi drivers outside the airport love ripping people off)! We arrived at the hotel (about a 25 minute taxi journey) and checked in, paid the city tax (€4 per person per night), and managed to luckily get a balcony room (which is what we originally wanted)! Our room was average. It was quite small with two single beds, a very very small bathroom, and a balcony. The air-conditioning in the room was decent but was loud, however after tightening the screws on the vent this rattling noise disappeared. Beds were relatively comfy to. A bigger room and bathroom would’ve been a lot nicer. Our booking included a free breakfast every morning which we expected to be a lot bigger than it actually was. Our plan was to have a big breakfast so that we didn’t have to worry about lunch, but this plan sort of went out the window. It was probably the main disappointment as it was only: a bread roll, a croissant, some fruit and cereal were optional to have, and some packs of small ready made toast (sounds a fair amount but it really wasn’t that much). Neither of us like tea or coffee so we had juice from the juice machine which at times tasted more like squash than juice. We did find 2 main huge positives about this hotel. First one was its location. As you walk out the front door you are about a 15 min walk away from the colosseum which is beautiful to view in the day, sunset, and evening lit up. A supermarket is around the corner with ridiculously cheap prices for things such as alcohol and mainly beer. Some restaurants are round the corner to, we went to 2 here which were both nice. 2 train stations are nearby as well, both being about an 8 minute walk away. Grabbing a train here is simple, €1.50 for a ticket giving you 100 minutes to use and travel anywhere on the line (there is literally one train line with the train going either back or forth from where you’re getting on). This can quickly take you to places like the trevi fountain, Spanish steps , and the Vatican City. The last thing about the location is that there is a drinking fountain right near the entrance, make the most of these in Rome as they provide you with free cold water (restaurants don’t tend to provide free tap water, only Bottled water). A second huge positive about this place was the service. All the staff here were super friendly extremely helpful. We were provided with a map and a huge explanation of where everything is, where we should visit, how to train around, the best places to eat for us etc etc. The hotel also called and arranged a taxi for us to get back to the ciampino airport, this time a definite set fee of €30 euros. We loved the staff here and we were extremely grateful for all their help.
This is a decent hotel. It is quite outdated, improvements could be made to the rooms and the breakfast size/variety. However nothing could fault the service and the location which was brilliant. We loved our holiday and Rome , it is a beautiful place. Because we were out exploring all the time, the negatives didn’t effect us too much. But if you plan to spend a lot of time at your hotel , maybe looking at other places would be more ideal. :)