BEWARE!!!
The Duca d’Albe hotel makes money no matter what!
I made reservation with the Duca d’Albe hotel with arrival on 08/27/2008 and departure on 08/28/2008, only for one night stay.
On 08/26/2008 Tuesday afternoon I had a flight from Chicago to Philadelphia to make connection flight to Rome, Italy. My Chicago flight was delayed for 2,5 hours because there was a major outage in the computer flight network system. We arrived to Philadelphia approximately 45 min later after my plane to Rome took already off. The only available flight to Rome was next day 08/27/2008. I could not possible be in Rome on 8/27/2008 to stay at the Duca d’Albe hotel! While I was in Philadelphia, I contacted the Duca d’Albe hotel asking them to cancel my reservation, explaining them my unfortunate situation. But they refused to do it for me. Their argument was that there is a 48 hours cancellation policy. My case was truly exceptional. This delay was something that I could not be in control of.
They did not care that this was something that could not be canceled 48 hours prior to arrival. The Duca d’Albe hotel charged my credit card for $185.00 anyway.
Because of this delay I had to cancel my other reservations and all other companies were really responsive to my situation. They did me a favor of either refunding money or not charging my credit card.
Only the Duca d’Albe hotel took my money and kept it.
So, beware, it could happen to you too!!!

We needed a hotel room in a hurry as the one our agent had booked turned out to be untenable.

Hotel Duca D'Alba took us in at short notice, even though they could not promise us the room for the full time we were there but, in the end, they even managed.

When you need a room with three single beds this does cut your options but we fell on our feet. Great decor, spotlessly clean, best breakfasts we had the entire time we were in Italy and best of all wonderfully helpful desk staff.

The position could not be beaten, near the metro, and five minutes walk from the Roman Forum. After a very miserable first night in Rome Hotel Duca D'Alba made up for everything.

This hotel perfectly adequate for any short stay in Rome. It would have been quite hard to find though had we not pre-booked transfers from/to Ciampino (€35 e/w and the best idea by far if only a short break). The hotel is quaint, rustic and is very clean (rooms, bedding, towels etc). It is situated in a kind of back street but, this only makes it more fitting to its surroundings! TIP--try and avoid rooms ending '06' as we had an awful view of a 10' x 10' square consisting of 4 concrete walls and windows all around right up to the top of the building about 5 floors high, hardly any sunlight at all, but, this turned out to be a blessing if honest due to the heat!
The hotels is a 5-10 minute walk to the Colloseum and Forums, both of which are out of this world, a 15 minute walk to Termini Station (one stop on the underground, 'Cavour' which is a 2 minute walk and €1 for a 75 minute ticket). It is a15 minute walk to the Trevi Fountain and 20-25 minutes to the Spanish Steps. The rest of the sights can be reached by walking (in COMFY shoes!) but we found the best way to get around was to do the open top bus tour '110' from Termini Station, it cost €18 for 24 hours and €24 for 48 hours (the 48 hour ticket includes a trip to the Catacombs off the map). The 48 hour ticket we used all day long and did the tour both during the day and at night, 2 very different experiences. We also used the tickets as general transport too which was a godsend.
Back to the hotel, the reception staff were very helpful and charming and remembered my name everytime I went there, the breakfast is basic, bread, cheese, ham, salami, muffins, scrambled egg, bacon drinks and fruit but, it is fine. Awesome coffee! Don't be afraid of using the bar in your room, it cost us €1.80 for a can of Coke, about the same price as in the shops.
The hotel is small yes, but that makes it more personal and welcoming. There is an Irish pub right accross the alley which was a nice wind down at the end of a long day, there is a lovely pizza take-away place 2 minutes away on Via Cavour and supermarkets, souvenier shops and bars/restaurants are all easily within walking distance.
We would stay there next time we go to Rome, no question.
I will add photos asap.

The hotel is a small boutiquey property off a main road just a few blocks from the colosseum. Location wise, it is not central, but still convenient to the train station (tip...take the one-stop subway ride if you're loaded down with luggage and the weather is warm...it's not as close as it seems to Termini Station), Roman Forum, Colosseum, National Museum and other sites. To get to other popular piazzas, sites, etc, you'll have to put on your walking shoes.

Best advice: Avoid rooms ending in "03." My room was adjacent to the elevator shaft. It wasn't the traffic that was bothersome or the noise of opening and closing doors, it was the noise from cables, pulleys and other technical things that kept knocking and pinging inside the walls and through my drop ceiling. After first blaming noisy neighbors, then construction in the building next door (receptionist reassured me there was no construction going on and especially none at 7 a.m.) I finally realized it was coming from the elevator shaft. I told management that I figured out the noise, but was only met with an "ok." Although I was disappointed by the reaction, I honestly didn't ask to be moved so I'm not sure what they could have done. Thankfully, I brought ear plugs and went to bed late at night when the elevator wasn't getting as much use.

Note, if you face the street, you will hear noise from the gelato store, restaurant, and Irish pub all within 25 feet from the hotel's entrance. Again, my earplugs helped.

My single bed room was small. Probably smaller than any place I've tried in New York. The small, single bed took about 1/3 of the space in the main room. Other space was taken by a standing wall cabinet (no drawers), a tv mounted to the wall, some floor space for your luggage stand and to walk, and a phone stand and cube sized seat. The bathroom leaves little room between the sink, toilet and bidet. In fact, you really need to walk sideways to get from the shower stall to the sink.

Breakfast was fine. Eggs, fruit, coffee, meats, etc are available in its very small dining area. You may have to wait for a table.