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Via Vittorio Veneto 70, 00187 Rome, Italy
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Shame on Boscolo

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2 of 5 stars
Fernand755   4 contributions
Davie, FL USA
Jun 19, 2009 | Trip type: Business

Stayed here for 3 nights in mid June 2009 as part of a group sales meeting. When our PR person booked this hotel, the criteria was that it be a better than average hotel, in a quite place, WiFi in the rooms, and a pool or gym.

What we got was something else all together different. While this was at one time a great hotel, it is now a tired and worn down property. You still see remnents of a grand hotel with marble floors, deep and heavy wood everywhere. Ornate ceilings etc. Unfortunately, this is 2009 and not 1950.

There was no WiFi in the rooms and we all had to do our e-mails in the lobby. The pool was closed due to "technical" reasons. This is interesting as I just read other reviews and one that goes back to December 2008 also states that the pool had been closed for 2 months. So here we are, 8 months after it was closed and it is still closed.

The air conditioning in the room was very weak. Luckily the temperature is only 25-27 degrees C (77-82 F). Would definitely not want to be here in July and August.

For a hotel that costs from$350 - $600 per night, there was no doorman or anybody to help you with luggage or any maintenance at night.

We ahd asked for a quite hotel and if you were lucky to get a room facing back, it was. Unfortunately most rooms face Via veneto which is noisy all day long.

My room was large and my bed was huge. you could see that the furniture at one time was incredibly upscale but now was all worn out.

What this hotel did have is a great location. It is right on Via Veneto and within walking distance to most sights. Since the SPA area was closed, the Villa Borghese park is just up the street and great for running.

For the amount of money that we paid, there are many other hotels that are more updated and have better service. Unfortunately, Boscolo has purchased this property only to slap their name on it but are running it into the ground. It's a shame because there was another Boscolo hotel just down the street and looks like that the money was put into that one. Until they update this hotel, stay away or at least understand that is not worth more than $100 per night.

  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
  • Date of stay June 2009
  • Visit was for Business
  • Traveled with With Colleagues
  • Age group 50_64
  • Member since June 20, 2008
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? No
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1 of 5 stars
KIMDN4   5 contributions
ENGLAND
Apr 16, 2009 | Trip type: Couples
1/1 found this review helpful

Me and my husband stayed for four nights in march, they breakfast was cold the coffee tasted of dirt I asked if i could have proper italian coffee they said they thought i would not like it how wrong. The room they gave us was so small you could not swing a cat , I had instucted the hotel that this was a special anniversary and we would like a nice room , anyway because the hotel was very quiet they found us a much nicer room which was great apart from the rusty bath (not good) when we arrives back each night from going out to diiner there was no where in the hotel for drink no coffee facilites or no bar open I thought this was supposed to be a hotel how wrong. Be carefull when going in local restraunts they can realy rip you of 90 euros for half an hour in restraunt two meals 1 drink each . We learnt very quick to watch these italians.

  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
  • Date of stay March 2009
  • Visit was for Leisure
  • Traveled with With Spouse/Partner
  • Age group 35-49
  • Member since July 06, 2005
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? No
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4 of 5 stars
KathleenWales   1 contribution
Wales
Apr 10, 2009
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We had booked this hotel before we read the reviews and if we hadn't, probably would have thought twice. However, we are so glad we stayed at the hotel; it was a lovely, olde world type of hotel with everything we wanted. When we arrived for a 4 night stay the receptionist said that we had been upgraded to a suite ( at no extra cost) .We were given a lovely large room, with wood block floors, a huge chandelier, and with the biggest bed I had ever seen! The bathroom was marble, chrome and gold - absolutely lovely - and everything spotless. Even the loo rolls smelled of rose petals!

The staff were extremely helpful and kind and I would recommend the hotel to anyone without hesitation.

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PaulBerkshire_UK   1 contribution
Berkshire - UK
Dec 13, 2008 | Trip type: Couples
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when we arrived at our Hotel, we were not greeted with even a hello or a smile, I had to approach the front desk, (bearing in mind that this is a “4 Star” Hotel), to announce our arrival and booking reference, not a great start! After booking in with the extremely unhelpful girl on the desk, we asked where the spa was, as this was the reason for choosing this particular hotel from my wife’s birthday present.

We were told that the spa was shut and had been for 2 months, this is absolutely appalling and very upsetting for my wife especially. This information has not been forwarded to us and your website still advertises the facility.

We then went to our room, which was a very poor standard and not as described in your information, in fact far from it! The room was extremely stuffy and hot, we opened the window only to be met with a noise like a race track and an excessive noise of car horns being sounded. We immediately shut the window and turned to the air conditioning which was also advertised in your info, (see enclosed). We went out for the evening to return to a room that was more like an oven, I felt the air conditioning louvers and to my surprise, were pumping out hot air despite selecting the snow symbol. We shut down the air conditioning and phoned reception, only to be told that there is no air conditioning as it is “winter time” despite the outside air temperature being 18 degrees!

We opened the windows again, only to be met with traffic noise like I have never heard at that time of night, with the constant tooting of hooters, overreving of engines and if that wasn’t enough, mosquitoes!

Needless to say that we could not sleep a wink.

The following morning we went to receptions to complain only to be told that there was nothing they could do as the a/c was all turned off!

With the weather cooling the following day we thought that we could at least cool the room down while we went to dinner by leaving the windows open! However, we returned to the room and it was just as hot as it had been, we suffered another horrendous and sleepless night. The next morning we insisted that something be done, the girl on the desk, with no apology, said she would send maintenance, we arrived back to our room that evening to find it hotter than ever, I found that they had just turned the heating on again!!! An absolute nightmare, my wife was in tears and we and were both absolutely shattered and I had been bitten half a dozen times by the mosquitoes!!

This is all bad enough, taking that we were expecting a beautiful spa hotel and beautifully appointed rooms with marble tops (see hotel details), none of which existed, needless to say, nor did the bath robes or slippers they boast of, but more upsettingly there was no bar or restaurant, despite the hotels photos and descriptions’, It was a desolate conference room at best! Unsurprisingly, there was no information that this didn’t exist nor did the hotel announce the fact that all these facilities were not on offer despite Expedia’s and their website claims.

I suggest that you update your website with immediate effect and send an inspector to assess your description against the reality of the situation.

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  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
    • 1 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
  • Date of stay November 2008
  • Visit was for Romantic getaway
  • Traveled with Spouse / significant other
  • Age group 35-49
  • Member since December 13, 2008
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? No
  • I do not recommend this hotel for Young singles, An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Great pool scene, Pet owners, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
  • I selected this hotel as a top choice for Museums / Cultural / Historical sites, Great food / Wine, Shopping, Spa
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great location but not worthy the price

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2 of 5 stars
lorenzo_lugano   1 contribution
Como, Italy
Oct 17, 2008 | Trip type: Business, Solo travel
1/1 found this review helpful

i've just been there. great location and good room (but without internet connection...).

but the experience wasn't very good.
just arrived, the light did not turn on in the room (the solution was to insert a folded business card into an electronic device).
then i attended a book presentation in a room (floor -2) where air conditioning wasn't working. very unconfortable experience.
moreover, three people tried - succesfully, in the end - to activate internet connection for one of the speakers. it took about 45 minutes.
then, when i went to the room back to sleep, i realized that air conditioning wasn't working there as well...
so, not worthy of its price.

  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
    • 2 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
  • Date of stay October 2008
  • Visit was for Business
  • Traveled with Solo traveler
  • Age group 35-49
  • Member since October 17, 2008
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? No
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Address: Via Vittorio Veneto 70, 00187 Rome, Italy