I booked this as a sleeping spot prior to going home to dallas the next night. It was in the middle of nowhere. I got a cab and it cost 20 Euro from the subway. There is no walking anywhere but a bus stop is close by. The hotel does offer a suttle service to town. The rooms were nice but my room was so hot that I could not sleep in it! the hotel has a nice gift shop and nice resturants and bar. The hotel only has beverages at bar and resturant but not in gift shop. strange I thought. Overall, it was not a bad hotel just ok.

I've stayed in the Melia 10 or so times over the last 5 years. I've always enjoyed it. It is clean, it has nice staff, and is definitely a 4-star hotel. Back a bunch of years ago my family came along, and they loved the pool. I recommend this to anyone, but I'll be cautious with tourists. I think if you want to see Rome, you're better off paying a little more (maybe) for a 3-star downtown, even if you do have a car. This great hotel is not in a great place, and I gather from other posters that the bus service to downtown is not a lot of fun. One the other hand, if you are "passing through" -- going from the North to Naples and you'd like to break up the day, or you are either coming or going to Fiumicino and you'd like a night to unwind AND you have a car, then this place is ideal!

A nice thing is the restaurant, I've always found their food much better than one would expect from a hotel restaurant. (Perhaps American hotels' restaurants have lowered my expectations.)

An annoying thing is their internet, which is rather expensive and seems to come with gigabyte limits. I didn't spring for that. I also think that the hotel needs to spruce things up a little: I've seen it getting just a little shaggier (paint, etc.) since I started coming to it.

A hint is to park around back, by the Conference Center. Almost everyone does, anyway. The hotel unwisely seems to have instituted a parking fee - first 45 minutes free - so now apparently no one uses the hotel's parking.

Our group of 10 flew in a day before our cruise to get a chance to tour Rome. At 9 in the morning the hotel had our rooms ready so we could freshen up before heading into the city.

We took the shuttle provided by the hotel into the city. No complaints at all. This saved us so much hassle and expense.

After a long day of touring, we were so thankful to come "home" to clean rooms with very deep bathtubs. Great for warming up after a chilly day and soaking our sore feet. We had a decent, although pricey, dinner from the bar near the lobby.

In the morning we enjoyed the best breakfast of our entire trip. In addition to eggs, potatoes, and various meats they offered fresh fruit, pastries, yogurt, cereals and several types of coffees, juices and champagne.

I'd love to go back and stay there for a few days.

Make sure you want to stay here before you book. This hotel is in the middle of an industrial state far and isolated from the center, despite not being far from Rome downtown. It is alright for package tour travellers being taken around in groups, business travellers wanting to stay in this particular areas or airline crews too tired to care. There is no public transportation nearby to or from downtown, only the hotel bus which can be full and does not run at night.
Advertising as being in a park is only a half truth, you can´t go jogging around unless you want to risk your life in roads with barely any sidewalks, full of trash and prostitutes. They do have a little gym where you can line up for your turn to use the one and only treadmill.
On the other hand, the hotel itself is nice, better than the average Melia, and the staff really go out of their way to help customers. The restaurant is also good.