We chose this hotel for its proximity to the Vatican and were encouraged by the generally favorable reviews from other travelers. We ended up wondering how some of the reviewers were able to find positive things to say. We did not get a great rate here (we paid nearly 300 Euros per night) so perhaps our expectations were in line with the price, but the hotel's interior and our room were comparable to what you would expect to see alongside a rural US highway for $59/night. Our room looked nothing like the rooms in the photos that the hotel has provided for online travel sites. The furnishings and linens were very old. Of the two beds in the room, one had a mattress that sank appreciably and left you feeling as though you were sleeping on a boxspring, and its sheets had holes in them. The other bed felt as if someone had buried a basketball underneath the center of it. There was mildew on the shower doors and a thick layer of dust collected on the carpeting between pieces of furniture and the walls. The TV did not work at all. There were some Stick-Ups in the room that were supposed to freshen the air, but the air was probably best described as stale. We had to keep our window open for air conditioning (the thermostat on the wall didn't seem to be functional) and there was a fair bit of street noise at night.
The seating in the lobby area was shabby and appeared quite old. The front desk staff were OK, not remarkable one way or the other. Breakfast is served in the basement and after taking a quick look at it we decided to head out to a nearby cafe instead.
On the positive side, the hotel is close to the Vatican museums and is situated on a nice street that is is brightly lit at night. There were several electrical outlets in the room, which made it easy to charge phones, etc.
We would have been fine with this hotel if we had paid a bargain price for it, but we found the accommodations unfitting of the rate we paid and we found the hotel's photos on travel sites to be very misleading.
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