Hotel Internazionale, Rome
DATE: June 08 (4 night stay before our Mediterranean Cruise)
REVIEWER: Olivia, San Jose, California

My family and I stayed at this hotel in June of 08'. We had four rooms and each had it's own charm. Americans need to remember we are in Rome, the Romans do not sweat the small stuff. The rooms were clean, and a good place to rest in the middle (because it is very warm), and end of the day.

I loved opening the shutter each morning and seeing the Italians go to work. Sometimes people would wave at me as they road their little motorbikes down the street. I loved the location. This hotel is right on top of the Spanish Steps. In the middle of everything. The location, and it's surroundings were very clean.

Everything you want. I must say, the best cappuccino I've ever had is in this hotel. Not to mention 4 doors down the street the best gelato. You could walk to nice restraurants, theatres, the red and white bus, Phanthom, Trevi Fountain, etc., so much to see.

Back to the hotel,
The staff was very kind and helpful. Staff had good suggestions on dinner, and was helpful when we had question about public transportation. The breakfast was excellent.

Each room had it's own restroom, but the shower in my room was small. But, it was clean. TVs are outdated, but you really don't need to watch one in Rome. There is a bar and an outside seating area. The hotel is a little rustic, but again the cleaness is more important to us.

Would I stay here again, yes. No doubt. Four days in Rome is not enough, I need two weeks!

I stayed here with my family over new years. The rooms were quite small for the price and a bit dark. Otherwise they were pleasant enough. The breakfast was excellent. The location is basically just above the Spanish Steps, meaning that it's right near the Villa Borghese Gardens, which is nice, but not that close to other points of interest. Overall it's a decent enough place to stay, but a bit of the expensive side considering the size of the rooms.

Had a fantastic stay at Hotel Internazionale. The location was great just to the right of the hotel are the Spanish Steps. When we arrived we were greeted warmly and had a porter take our cases to our room. The building was very clean, well looked after and the staff very efficient. Our room was clean and the shower/toilet worked fine (always important). We didn't have a terrace unfortunately but that was no bother, we were only there for 2 nights and it was just somewhere to stay, but was nicer than I was expecting which is always a bonus. It was a surprise for my boyfriend's birthday so I wanted everything to run smoothly, which it did. They had figured that it was his birthday due to the birthday cards in our room, as we had a lovely surprise bottle of champagne when we came back to the room in the late afternoon. After our exhausting day of taking in all the sights of Rome, it was just the tonic!

Stayed here with a group of friends in October. I found the hotel somewhat dirty. Front desk was not at all helpful. My room was so small I had to crawl over my husband to get to my side of the bed....maybe 1 ft on either side to the wall. In the bathroom you could sit on the toilet and brush your teeth at the same time....and if you dropped the soap in the shower you had to turn the water off and open the shower door in order to bend over and get the soap.
Some of my friends rooms were larger but not much.
Heat didn't work and we couldn't close the window so at night we were both cold and it was noisy.
Breakfast room was about the only highlight in this hotel. This place is in bad need of help. There is a delightful new place just around the corner called Albergo Ottocento. Wish we had stayed there!