I chose this hotel because of its location. The Colesseum and Forum are less than 5 minutes away in one direction and the Trevi Fountain is less than 5 mins in the other which made the hotel very good for site seeing.

The room was clean and basic. It wasn't large but it was functional for a short break. The bathroom was fairly small and basic with toilet, sink and bath (shower head was on the taps of the bath).

The service was average and helpful. The breakfast was a standard continental (cereal, fruit, toast, bread, cold meats, yoghurts, scrambled eggs and pastries) which was more than enough to set you up for a days walking round a beautiful city.

For a short city break the hotel is fine. If you are looking for a hotel for a honeymoon or special break, I would perhaps think about looking elsewhere.

I cant begin to explain how crap this hotel was. The pretty pictures on their web site is a total lie. We paid good money for a 4 star room for our honeymoon. What we got was nothing that even resembled any of the pictures on their site. We were shoved in a dark room with a window that overlooked at dirty grafiti ally way. The decor of the room was dated back to the 70's with floral wall paper and carpet walls. Nothing worked properly in the room, the taps didnt work, the light were missing trimmings with wires hanging out, we were given to pillows about as thick as the one rag of a blanket they gave us and we had to request more. The staff at the front desk were complete jerks to us as well. The only half decent thing about the hotel was the view from the breakfast room, if you could get past the scowling italian maid serving us. pfft. If your considering this hotel dont bother, you will be ripped off like we were.

The Bolivar Hotel is in the very heart of Rome, close to the most important monuments and attractions of the city and to one of the most important shopping street, Via Nazionale. The hotel's position is ideal to reach soon the Coliseum and the Fori Imperiali and to explore Rome’s eternal beauties. Our stay in this hotel has been pleasant and very comfy. It's definitely the ideal solution for a family vacation. Good breakfast, very nice staff, and our room was new and clean. We will surely come back here for our next holiday!

I was vacationing in Rome for 5 days recently with my family of 4 , the day we checked out from the first hotel to go to Fiumicino airport to go back to LOndon is the day all flight cancelled due to the snow blizzard in london.We decided to go back to the city as it was quiet early day. we booked this hotel from the agent in the airport and we were looking for the 4 star hotel, Hotel Bolivar was the best recommendation by the agent. the shuttle took us to the hotel i am a little shock to see the location as it hidden and how small the room is for double and two extra bed.

The room for 4 was very small it almost cramped as we have another 4 big luagages with no corner to keep.each of us put our luagage near to our bedside. we werent to bothered as its only for 1 nights but we did not manage to washed properly as the shower wasnt working at all.

Otherwise the location is GREAT, away from the noises of a cars accept few people talking passing through the step.Easy to find a places to eat. And the staff is friendly and helpful.