The hotel is in a residential area and the italian like to keep their dog OUTSIDE ! I was on the 4th floor and the dog barking keep us awake half the night , you can't really blame the hotel but that is just how it is.. the window and wall are not very sound proof so even with the window shut , you can still hear them barking .

As for the hotel , everything is adequate and the location is only a short bus ride and couple of metro stops away from Vatican , prefect area for base to do the city , and if you are driving to Rome , you can park at the hotel parking safely for 10 euro a day , which is not bad in rome.

All in all , I would stay there again but I will insist on staying on upper floor to stay above the barking dogs .

Excellent value for money. We paid around 50 Euros a night for room and breakfast. The small restaurant downstairs was of a high standard and better value than those in the city. The Valentine dinner was really enjoyable with about 6 courses for about 35 euros. The hotel shuttle into the city saves a lot on taxi fares and is conveniantly timed.

This hotel is out of the way and hard to find. The walls are very thin and you can hear your neighbors conversations from 3 rooms down. I heard the bathroom as if it was in my room. The balconies are nice and there is a cute bartender who works in the bar on the evenings who is really nice. The hotel staff are all nice. The rooms were yucky and the tv hardly worked. the bed linen is worse than that at a best western. 4 1/2 stars how? i have stayed at motel 6's with more luxury. The buffet was nasty at best. The eggs were so runny and I never seen that dark of eggs in all my life

We stayed at the Pineta Palace for three nights in July as it was part of a Cosmos tour. Unfortunately I think that my idea of a palace and their idea must be completely different.
The staff did not treat us like 'royalty' in fact they were almost indifferent to us. It was as though they thought, it's only a tour group they will be in and out in a few days anyway, why bother, and they didn't. They did not look happy in their jobs.
We only had one meal there which was just as well because I think that we got served special coach party food. We had some Gnnocchi, (in an effort to call it Italian cuisine), a crumbed chicken pattie,soggy veg, and for dessert a plate of fruit to divide up between a table of eight. Not what I would call Italian food. The only saving grace was that wine was included, it helped to fill a void.
The room were a good size and clean, however our bathroom had the largest hand basin in the world (slight exageration) great if you did want to do you smalls in the sink but it meant that the sink was located over the toilet. Hard to imagine and even harder to use especially if you suffer from a bad back or are larger than average size. My husband had to use the toilet locate downstairs.

It is a little out of the way but that is okay, To go into Rome we used the hotel shuttle, then coming back we used the metro system, which was very cheap but that then required a further 20 minute walk along a very busy road.
If I was an independant traveller I would not use this hotel again I would perhaps try and find something closer to the city.