I was very happy with this hotel. The location is great. It's within a couple of blocks of the colosseum. The location was perfect for beginning your sight seeing. You can start at the colosseum and work your way north. If you're looking to be more in the heart of ancient Rome, you may want to stay north of the colosseum. It's hard to tell when you've never been somewhere. But, I found this place to be ideal.

The room was nice and very clean. It was also very quiet at night. There is great a/c in the room, which we used every day on our trip. The continental breakfast was nice. You share tables with people which was just okay. I never had the dinner, as it seemed a bit pricey. The recommendations for restaurants that we got from the hotel weren't that great.

Overall I would recommend this hotel.

This was a wonderful hotel: great location (2 blocks from Colloseum, 12 Euro cab ride or 20 minute bus ride to Vatican, 2 blocks from LOTS of bus stops), staff was amazing (great restaurant recommendations and wonderfully helpful is advising us which bus to take to get to which landmark). We booked it because of the low price and were please with our room and the service. WOOHOO - Free internet (although not very fast). Did I mention the staff was amazingly friendly and wonderful and helpful and great?

Advice to Americans travling in Europe - Europeans have a different way than Americans. Service providers (in hotels and restaurants) will give you the most amazing service if you are polite and gracious. If you are rude or demanding, they will more likely flip you off than try to "turn your frown upside down" Therefore, be courteous and understanding and gracious, and you will get treated like family. Also, note that hotel rooms and bathrooms are much smaller in Europe than in America unless you pay BIG BUCKS for your room - you didn't travel all that way to spend the whole time in your room did you?

We stayed at Hotel Lancelot for 5 days during a vacation to Italy. We booked the hotel primarily for it's location and were pleased with the reviews on tripadvisor. The location was perfect, only 4 blocks away from the Coloseum in a safe neighborhood. We often came back late and were never concerned about the area. There is a metro stop near at the Coloseum that can be used to access other parts of the city and is a short taxi ride to Travestevere which has some of the best restaurants in Rome. We have traveled quite a bit in Europe and found the staff at this hotel to be one of the best. They could not do enough for you. It made our stay so much better to always be welcomed back with a smile. The breakfast had a good selection for European standards. We will stay here again on our next trip to Rome. Also, don't let the taxi driver charge you more than 40 Euro to take you to this hotel from the airport. They have an agreed upon rate and it seems the drivers usually attempt to take advantage of unknowing tourists.

My husband and I stayed at the Hotel Lancelot based on other traveler reviews on Trip Advisor. We were not disappointed. The best part of this hotel was the staff. They were so helpful in giving us ideas on how to get around, where to go, etc. We would recommend one of the rooms with a courtyard as it is worth the extra 12 euros per night. It makes the room so much larger, and it is a nice retreat after a long day of walking the streets of Rome. We would have given complete 5's across the board, except that the bathroom in our room (#6) was way too small, and the internet was horrible. Otherwise, it was a perfect stay. The location really can't be beat. We also decided to stay in one night and eat at the hotel and the food was excellent and reasonably priced given all that you got. We would absolutely recommend this hotel and if we come back to Rome, will stay there again.