We spent 3 nights here and found it to be just fine for a budget hotel - the room and bathroom were clean and of typical European size (read: small), the desk staff was friendly and helpful, and the location was good but not great since it's not in the middle of the city centre. Perhaps our bathroom was a bit better than others since our shower, though small, had sliding doors around it instead of just a curtain. There was a musty/sulfury smell from the water in the toilet that was minimized by keeping the lid down. The breakfast was more than adequate - meat, cheese, rolls, croissants, sweetbreads, yogurt, fruit and cereal as well as juice and whatever kind of coffee you'd like. There are a lot of decent restaurants in the area including one fantastic pizzeria/trattoria (like a lot of Rome restaurants, it doesn't have a name) a few blocks away on Pia Alexandra?? - it is distinctive because it's pretty big, brightly lit with checkered tablecloths and is full of Italians. The pizza and pasta there were the best we had during our entire trip and we ended up going there twice while in Rome after having a mediocre dinner at one of the fancy open air cafes at Piazza Navona.
While the hotel isn't right in the middle of the city centre, it's walkable if you don't mind walking. We ended up walking just about everywhere from the hotel because we couldn't be bothered most of the time with the expense of a taxi or waiting for the bus. It's a 15 minute walk from the main train station, a 15 minute walk to the Spanish Steps and a 40 minute walk from Piazza Navona (the furthest we walked). Bus #62 that stops in front of the hotel takes you all the way to St. Peter's/Vatican City (the last stop), which we did the day we spent in the Vatican City area. I recommend doing the "110" City Tour - it's the red double-decker buses that stop at 11 or 12 main sites through the city centre. It starts at the main train/bus station (there is a ticket office there outside - an orange/red building) but you can get on at any of the stops if there is room and pay for the ticket at the stop (13 euros). You can ride the bus all day, getting on and off at stops, until the service ends around 7:30pm. We got on at 9am our first day in Rome at the main train/bus station, did the entire 2 hour ride through the city and then decided where to get off later. I recommend getting on early since when we went through the main train/bus station to begin our second time through (it was about 11am) the line to get on the bus was LONG and hardly anyone got off so I can't imagine how long those people waited in line.
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