We spent 4 days at this hotel in October 2008 and loved it. The staff is excellent -- they are attentive, friendly, and courteous at all times. I believe they all speak at least some English. The hotel is located in the Travestere area of Rome. It is conveniently located as long as you don't mind walking 15-20 minutes to the major attractions in Rome such as Vatican City, the Roman Forum and Colosseum and for another 5-10 minutes, the Spanish Steps. The area around Travestere is a little dirty and there is grafetti everywhere (also around the Pantheon and the Colosseum) The Hotel serves a very good buffet breakfast. The only hot food served was scrambled eggs and pancetta (bacon) and some type of sausage. The rest was several cold cereals, numerous pastries, yogurt, various sandwich meats and cheeses, some fruit (whole and cut up) and about 4 different types of breads and toast. They should consider offering more than just scrambled eggs in our opinion as you can get tired of that after 4 days. Since they have a kitchen available to them it would be wonderful if they started offerering sandwiches, etc...during the day for those times when you just don't want to go out. The room size was probably around 15' x 15'. The bed was very comfortable. The bathroom is small but was absolutely one of the most beautiful marble bathrooms I've seen. The walk-in shower was terrific -- huge 8" waterfall type showerhead. We had a beauitful window that overlooked the courtyard. You could open the window/shutters which was really nice in order to get the fresh air in as well as hear the many church bells that rang during the day and night. The common areas of the Hotel are magnificant. You can literally "feel" the history of the convent in every stairway and hallway. Absolutely magnificant remodeling/restoration. There is a chapel next to the reception that the nuns use every morning and is available to the guests as well. It looked magnificant as well. I highly recommend this hotel if walking between historical sites is your plan. The only downside to this hotel was its lack of in-house restaurant or cafe. I can't imagine why it would be a big problem for them to get one open and I highly recommend to them that they that to make this hotel absolutely perfect. The rooms are not the same as US five-star quality hotel rooms but the history behind the hotel/convent and the quality of the restoration made up for it in my opinion. If you have any interest in staying in a historical monument, but with nearly all the luxeries of today, this is your place.
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