I was "moved" from the supposedly lovely B&B Maggiore on Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore to Hotel Giada due to bathroom mulfunction, and I was not impressed. The guy at the front desk, although friendly, made me think there was some kind of deal going on between my mirage B&B and this hotel. I paid 70 euros for my single room, which I later found out after reading previous Tripadvisor reviews was 10 euros more than what others had paid in the past.
Hotel Giada is a couple blocks from Termini station but in an area considered seedy compared to the rest of central Rome, however at night it's not as scary or unsafe as I expected, for there are always tourists as (or more) disoriented as me. The room was horrible. My single room looked out onto a disgusting courtyard under renovation (through the narrowest window ever), and the bathroom was dilapidated. The shower was spotty, its door wouldn't close completely and the plastic cover had slits so water would seep out onto the bathroom floor and radiator. There was also no holder for the toilet paper, so the roll was left on top of the radiator..... you get the picture.
I was pleasantly surprised by the breakfast. For a hotel so lack of quality, it served a good cup of cappuccino and edible pastry. The breakfast lady looked stern but turned out to be very sweet in the end and happily served me a second cup of cappuccino. I left my luggage at the front desk and spent the entire day sightseeing before taking the train to the airport a 6pm. That was the best part about this hotel - its proximity to the station.
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