I stayed with my parents in this place during our Europe holiday and I strongly reccomend it as it is very clean, very hospitable and overall the people are very very friendly. Would definitely stay only here if I ever go to Rome again.We did not find it difficult to commute from this place at all. Real value for money. Must add the Buffet breakfast was awesomne, best we have ever had in our entire tour of Europe.

My boyfriend and I stayed at this hotel in august 2007 and we really liked it! It is quite far out from the centre of rome, you have to get a bus or the subway into the centre, but we found it no problem at all, the public transport system in rome is easy enough to use, and it was nice to come back to a nice quiet hotel to get some sleep! The rooms were a little on the small side but it didn't bother us as we only used the room for sleeping! The staff were lovely, very helpful with info on how to get into the centre of rome, they'll tell you which number buses to get on and where to change etc. The food - breakfast and dinner - was nice, no complaints there. Overall we really liked it and if we ever go back to rome we would definitely consider staying here again.

We stayed her 1 night as we were flying from Ciampino the next morning. We had been travelling in Italy and arrived by train and tried to catch a bus to the hotel as it was situated on a busy road. The hotel was about 500 metres from the train station but on a dual carriageway with no pavements. We managed to catch a bus which tokk us to 500 metres the other side of the hotel and had to walk back along the carriageway (with a pavement part of the way). As there was no restuarant open in the hotel in the evening - we had to walk along the carriageway again to find somewhere to eat.

On the subject of food - breakfast was good and ample. We aslo found a small roadside cafe which serve amazing Pizza (walk away from Rome and cross over at the set of lights)

Our biggest complaint would be that we decided to book a taxi to get to the airport in the morning. We booked this through reception who told us that it was 15 euros (which we thought was expensive for a 3 mile journey but were happy to pay), as it was our last night in the eurozone, we spend all our money and kept about 25 euros (15 for taxi and 10 for drinks at the airport). When we got the taxi, the driver demanded 20 euros and we argued a bit about it but couldn't stay ther for long as we had a flight to catch. So my advice is...

Only stay here is you have a car and if you use a taxi, don't take the receptionists word for the price.

I am writing this because I found travel advisor of some help in planning our trip. I start with the assumption that not everyone's expectations are the same and not every room is alike. The most important thing for my wife and me is that the room be clean and affordable. After all we are only there to sleep after a busy day sight seeing. We were at the Appia Park for three nights on a trip that took us and two other couples to Rome, Florence, Cinque Terre and Venice. The Appia is located on what appears to be a circumferential highway in the suburbs of Rome. There appears to be no zoning in the area with an automobile dealership, shopping center with a furniture store, Grocery Store and very nice houses surrounding it. They have a conference center and expensive restaurant. The included breakfast was great, in fact the best we had in Italy. It included several meats, pastries, croissants, cereals, fruit, juice, fruits, yogurts, coffee, etc. Major complaint was distance from sites in Rome. (But we were aware this would be a factor). We spent 15 + min waiting time on bus to the underground station and a 20 min ride into the city from there. Figure 45 + min during rush hours. On the positive it did allow us a glimpse of everyday life among the locals. Staff was formal and professional. My other concern was the lack of shower curtain. The other two couples did have one though. We have found this to be the case in other trips to Europe. I guess Europeans prefer tub baths to showers. Since there were six of us we arranged limousine service to the hotel prior to the trip and found this a blessing. The driver was very nice and they can be checked out at: [--]. In summary if I were to return again to Rome I would try to find a hotel closer in.