Stayed 4 nights at Hotel Arenula, Perfect location, 10 minutes from Pantheon - 5 minutes from Campo Fiori, Nice and very clean room - all the hotel people were very helpfull and always smiling, breakfast good - we will for sure stay there again the next time we go to this marvellous city.

We stayed 2 nights at the Hotel Arenula. Our first day there we were able to walk over to Campo di Fiori in about 8 minutes. Pizza Navonna was another 10 minutes away..it was also really close to Trastevere as well. The rooms were typically small, 2 star really but very clean,
had CNN and BBC on the tube and good supplies in the bathroom but the towels were weird...like table clothes. The front desk lady in the day
was great but the people at night and the lady handling breakfast seating need to be in another job...sour pusses. Remember you have to lug your suitcases up...way up. It almost killed our friend on the 4th
floor. We stayed on the 2nd by the desk. The one thing I hated was a tour group arranged by the hotel called Carrani Tours. They are everywhere. We spent just about $100.00 to see the Forum and the Coloseo...get this...we walked through the forum in less than 1/2 hour
and got to the Colliseum and the guide said "There it is" never went in or anything. They left us at St.Paul's . Told our group to get on this other bus, which didn't leave for another 45 minutes. Terrible experience, remember that name Carrani Tours. Everyone on the tour was
disappointed.

We stayed here for 4 nights in September 2007 and I found, overall, that the pros outweighed the cons, but only marginally. On the plus side, the room was very spacious (a double bed, two singles and a big bathroom) the location was good for walking everywhere, there were plenty of cheap eats nearby and we loved the close proximity to the Ghetto and the Campo di Fiori, which were a lot of fun. On the down side, the place is styled and lit like a rec centre, the breakfast (though good) was overcrowded with tour groups and the front desk service was, at best, indifferent. We were traveling with a baby and this was the only place in 7 B&B's and hostels that we went to that did not have a crib or any baby amenities, so come prepared. I think there must be better places out there, but because of the location and room size, I would recommend it to others.

For what it is, Hotel Arenula is great. Don't expect fancy digs - it's strictly tiled floors, with bathrooms hardly large enough to swing a cat, and two single beds pushed together to make doubles like everywhere in Italy - but it's clean, neat and the staff are very friendly.

The breakfast room is very small, and that's a real disadvantage - you have to book a time. However, the location is brilliant, close to everything. We'd definitely stay again.