Room was adequate - decoration dated, needed a paint job and some minor repairs, but it was clean. No safe. Pool was nice - they could do with more lounge chairs. Breakfast was OK, except for scrambled eggs - bright yellow and runny. More fruit would have been nice.
Did not eat at hotel restaurant - too expensive. We went to the nearby supermarket - down the hill, turn right, across the bridge - 5-10 mins. We bought cooked chicken and a salad and had a picnic by the pool.
If you are reasonably fit (we are in our 60's), the walk down the hill from the hotel is easy. You can turn right at the bottom to the bus stop and catch the bus to Cornelia station, but it is a lot quicker to turn left and walk under the subway to Aurelia station. Trains run every hour (10 mins to the hour when we were there). every 2 hours on Sundays and holidays. Pay on the train. We did not take the hotel shuttle into Rome.
There is a shuttle bus to Fiumicino airport. We paid 35 Euros for a taxi to Ciampino airport. DO NOT let reception order a taxi for you - they will charge you 25% more (at least). If you just go outside the hotel, taxis arrive all the time. Wait for one and ask him to pick you up at the time you need - he will come back.
This is not a 4 star hotel, but we found it OK for our needs.
By the way, airfares back to North America from Rome are expensive. You can go to England on Easyjet or Ryanair for about $50. Spend a few days (or longer!) there and then get a cheap charter back home. That's what we did.
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