Hotel Victor, Rome

No problems with the hotel. Very clean with daily maid service. Room spacious. On the whole the hotel was quiet with friendly staff. The breakfast room was very relaxing with a varied breakfast of continental style.

The distance from the centre wasn’t a problem to us. It did involve a 10minute bus journey from just outside the hotel to bus station – Arc di Trevitino. From there we caught a metro to the centre. This took a further 20-30 minutes depending on which part of the city. 1 euro per trip of 75 minutes as stated in previous reviews.

Also mentioned previously was the La Bottegaccia restaurant. We have to agree the meal we had here was excellent value for money. Many restaurants in Rome pride themselves on food being freshly prepared and not pre packed frozen meals. This is often specified on menus.
There is also a little bar/coffee shop (Il Veliero) across the road from this restaurant – ideal for a cappucino and cake for a couple of euros.

By booking our hotel 2 weeks in advance we paid £39 per night per double room and found it excellent value for money.

We decided not to taxi from the airport – we were advised to expect a 50 euro journey. We were approached by a taxi driver quoting 50 euros which was dropped to 30 whilst we waited for a bus. We arrived at a good time and we weren’t in a rush so we caught the cotral bus, then a metro (to Arc di Trevitino) and then bus 765 to the hotel. Took a couple of hours all in all but only cost 2 euros each. Excellent experience and prepared us for our local transport trips for the next few days!!!

Caroline & Wyn

We stayed at this hotel for two nights in a double room which cost a very reasonable £35 a night. The rooms are of a good size and very clean, hotel staff are friendly but only speak a little English. Breakfast is a continental breakfast consisting of Croissants and Jam with a choice of hot drinks, this was acceptable but nothing exceptional.

Although the hotel itself is very nice and has attractive grounds where guests can sit and chat, drink etc. the local area is largely residential and as such has very few shops and restaurants although there are a supermarket and a fairly nice restaurant within 10 minutes walk.

If you are looking for more lively surroundings, the best option is to take the public transport into the centre of Rome. For 1 Euro each you can purchase a 75 minute travel card from the tobacconist which is 5 minutes walk down the road after turning right out of the hotel gate.

This allows you to take bus 765 from the stop opposite the toy shop (another minute or two past the tobacconist) to the Arca di travertino tube station. From here you can catch a Metro (underground) to the main train station Rome Termini which has transport to all other areas of rome e.g. Colosseum, vatican etc. The bus ticket will also work on the Metro and in theory allows you to travel the whole of Rome for 1 euro. However, although you will never have your ticket checked on the buses, the gates in the Metro station will reject it after the 75 minutes have expired.

The Metro service is very punctual and frequent however a word of warning, during certain times the metros can be extremelly overcrowded with no room to even move your arms. This was particularly evident between Rome Termin and the colosseo (Colosseum) station. However don't let this put you off since the sights in Rome are amazing and well worth travelling to see.

This was one of few I tracked down when my partner and I needed to stay near to Ciampino Airport for one night only for an early flight. The reviews for this one were encouraging (which couldn't be said for the others).

The view of the hotel as you drive through the gates is quite impressive but somehow it's a bit downhill after. It IS clean, the staff ARE pleasant (but poor English), the room WAS big and furnished with inoffensive, newish furniture but it was somehow soulless and we were glad only to be staying one night. Perhaps it was the fluorescent light in the room. The garden and, particularly, the enormous roof terrace are a bit irrelevant as they don't serves drinks or snacks to partake of in them.

€125 per night B&B for a double room is probably par for the course for a decent hotel near a capital city's airport but after €77 for a lovely room in Tuscany, it seemed expensive. Our bathroom had a tub and a bidet. The breakfast buffet was plentiful and varied, although uninspired and somewhat reliant on processed/pre-packaged items.

We found a nice restaurant 5-10 minutes walk away which may be the one mentioned by a previous reviewer although we didn't go in a yellow door. This was called La Bottegaccia and was on a corner site with tables outside. They had the decency to tell you which dishes included ingredients which had been frozen - something I've never come across before. We got the impression it was a family concern with freshly-prepared food - they sliced ham off a whole one in front of you. You can have many courses or just a pizza. For two starters, a pizza, a fish main course, a large salad, a bottle of water and a bottle of wine the bill came to €44.

Returning to Hotel Victor, I'd recommend it to someone who needs to be near the airport (it's about 10-15 minutes' drive - not sure about public transport) as there doesn't seem to be an alternative (the Appia Park is a bit closer but €168 a night, and Palacavicchi and Dany, although cheaper, have had bad reviews). Before signing off, I checked a few things on this site and found out about Anagnina which might be better.

Nice hotel, rooms were pretty big for a 3*hotel. I was happy with everything there. Bit difficult to get into the city centre but once you are there its very easy to find your way about.

Rooms and hotel in general were always kept clean, had plenty of storage space to unpack, staff were friendly enough & spoke English well - which was good for me as i cant speak Italian.

Great pizza restaurant near it too, take a right turn when coming out of the hotel and walk about 5 - 10 mins till you come to a small yellow entrance.

We found it by luck, appeared to be a small family run place but great food - and the wine was very pleasant too. Also it was very well priced.

If your off to Rome to visit the bars and clubs then this hotel may be expensive as taxis were about 20 - 30 euro to get back from city centre but if your using is a base to start for sightseeing then its ideal.

Steven