We stayed for 1 night in October 2004. The entrance to the front desk was dark and gloomy. The front desk receptionist, efficient but unfriendly. The room was VERY small, 1 very lumpy mattress, 1 very hard mattress. The room was clean,except for 1 of the (face) towels was stained. We paid 150 Euros and if I was not so tired, would have walked out and found another hotel. We checked out too early for breakfast but the receptionist in the morning was very friendly.

Quiet, safe but run down property managed sloppily. We stayed three nights October 2004 with two teenagers. We chose this hotel since it was somewhat close (ten minute walk) to Termini yet in a nice quiet street of banks, consulates and residences. Also the price, 140 euros per night, seemed a good value for location. Turkish consulate is just down the street with 24 hour police guards, so you can bet this street is free of pickpockets and homeless immigrants which are a problem elsewhere in the Termini neighborhood. Although I had made reservations well in advance (two months earlier) the rooms were not ready when we arrived and we did not get adjacent rooms as we had requested. The hotel Galileo is set back from the street in the center of a block surrounded by other buildings. All of the rooms are quiet and we had no trouble sleeping due to noise. Comfort was not the best, cleanliness spotty. The beds were old and mattresses sagged. Lots of dust everywhere. The shower had some mildew and drained too slowly. Toilet flushed with difficulty. The facility is generally tired and worn down, little things broken or missing (nobs on drawers, lamps not working). We woke up early one morning to go to Vatican city and breakfast crew arrived late--supposed to serve at 7 am and we had to wait a half hour. There was a lot of yelling and crabby waitress tossed our bread basket on the table without apology. Obvious management problems, and staff not happy. Even though the weather was nice, they didn't want to serve us on the roof terrace since it was too much work. I would not return to this hotel unless I had to--better value is certainly to be had elsewhere. I would not recommend this place to friends.

The hotel was the smallest room I have ever seen in my entire life. The matress was at least 25 years old and was extremely uncomfortable. The breakfast was also the shabbiest I have ever seen in Europe. Finally the staff was courteous, but not helpful in the least. Even with the easiest of questions.

The only good thing about the hotel was that the air conditioning worked and the linens were clean.

This was the most appalling hotel I have ever seen. The hotel was filthy, the bathroom smelled like cat urine, and the rug next to the bed was coated in filth. One night was more than enough! Although we were polite travellers, the desk staff was unfriendly, and not at all helpful. You couldn't pay me to set foot near this hotel again!