i urge you to visit rome because despite all the irritations of the aldobrandeschie this magnificient city is worth it and despite the best efforts of the staff this functional and clean hotel is not ready for visitors

they have no facilities for money changing

it is too far from city centre, ten bus stops and five metro, when we where there in jan 2005 the buses stopped at 1900 for road words which also gave major headheaches for the taxi drivers (most of them had no idea where the hotel was) who charged from E15 - E20, a barrier across the drive was never lifted and this meant a walk across a dark and lonely car park to a very uninviting entrance, it also meant that all traffic sat tooting horns at all hours

breakfast was a totally sweet affair with no chance of anything cooked
and the bar served only packets of nuts

no shoe cleaning machines
dirty laundry was loaded onto a filthy truck through the front entrance
no local info, brochures etc
no fire drill or safety info anywhere displayed
hotel faces noisy rear of melia roma hotel
lots of newspapers and mags but all in italian, tele but only in italian
room service unable to grasp the concept of T for 2 (got a bit annoying after the third time)

one day this hotel might be worth the hassle but not yet, spend the money on accomodation closer to the city and save the taxi fares

We wanted an hotel near Leonardo da vinci airport in rome as we were arriving late at night and were picking a car up at the airport the following morning. The review given was that this hotel was convenient for this airport. IT WASN'T. A return trip to the airport cost 75 euros which was quite a chunk out of our holiday budget. The hotel itself was o.k., but was not in a leafy suburb as described. This spoilt the start to our holiday.

The hotel was IMPOSSIBLE to find - absolutely NO signs for the hotel! And no one in the area had heard of it!! The building and room were nice enough, but the high price we paid did NOT justify the meager breakfast that was "served". The manager was conveniently unavailable, when we asked to speak to him about this. When we left a written complaint before our departure, it was never responded to. NOT recommended - certainly not for tourists.