ROma Sheraton hotel is a superb hotel in the country side,great breakfast ,superb rooms and most important very very peaceful.they have a great shuttle service to the panaroma shopping mall,which means your transportation for shopping saved,got a great travel desk.All in all a great hotel to stay in.

We stayed here for two nights in May. The room was great and our room service pizza was pretty good. Yes, this isn't in the center of Rome but they do have a dependable shuttle. Even better, walk five minutes to the Metro station and you can get anywhere, on your schedule, for less $. The 'path' is along a road that didn't have much of a sidewalk but we even walked it with luggage and it was ok. Negatives - the concierge wasn't overly friendly and you do have to pay for Internet access in the lobby. But the beds were comfortable and the shower was fantastic!

The best feature: The early morning breakfast on the rooftop.

The second best feature: The reliable bus to the center of Rome.

The worst feature: It's not walking distance to Rome, and sort of isolated by roads from anything interesting.

The second worst feature: The food in the restaurant was awful, terrible, not edible.

As for the non-functional air-conditioning, thin walls and small rooms: It's Italy - enough said.

Lastly, you will probably exprience the sometimes wonderfully helpful and sometimes irritatingly useless staff. If one person is not working with you, ask for another person. It's sometimes a case of language but just as often an attitude problem.

Caution: Get a bus pass from guest services before entering the bus or you'll be late and irritate the bus driver.

Oh, and Americans should make sure to lower their voices both in volume and tone in order to be treated with respect. Although we mean no offense, we are often simply loud, which is interpreted as rudeness.

Also, before you ask direct questions, ask permission: "excuse me, sir/madam, may I ask you a question?" It's simply polite in this culture so why not accomodate..."when in Rome" and all...

Sheraton Roma is a beautiful hotel and is a little distance from the city centre. The free shuttle in and out of the city was somthing good. The live music played in the evenings was good. The hotel was fun overall....although a little pricey