I had booked this hotel as a surprise for my wife, based on facilities and cost. A week or so before we left, my wife read the reviews on TripAdvisor and was put off, so much so, I tried to change the hotel, but was too late. We neednt have bothered trying.

The hotel is situated in a quiet area of South-West Rome. The bus stops just outside hotel complex every 15mins and brings you direct to metro stop, where you can easily access all areas of central Rome. The interior of the hotel was very clean and bright, and typical of the area. The room was clean and spacious. The staff were also friendly and did speak a little english (a lot more than the Italian we could speak!). The facilities were excellent - and although the outdoor pool was closed (expected in March) the leisure complex had a decent indoor heated pool, superb gym, sauna and beauty area, and also had a kiddies playroom too.

All in all, the hotel was exceptional value at under £50 per night with the only downside being the travelling back to it at night (total travel time from Colosseum was approx 30mins). If you didnt mind that, I would highly recommend it.

We could actually hear quite clearly our neighbours and I was woken up by the snoring of the guy next door, so much so that we'd to change room at 1.30 am! Everything was old, old and worn out...bathroom was rusty, shower curtain was stained, torn bedsheets, minimal breakfast.....The location is bad - 1 hour drive to the city with heavy traffic 24x7. HIGHLY NOT RECOMMENDED!!

No w/c service. No shuttle service downtown and the buses that run by the hotel run about every 40 minutes or later. For three adults they put us in a small room with the refrigerator blocked by one bed. The toilet tank leaked for three days. The TV did not work for 4 nights and five days. I was bitten between 10-15 times by bugs while I slept. For a supposed 4 star hotel, I was not impressed. When I wanted to check out, they could not help me find another hotel and as to a discount, they stated that whomever I made the reservation with I had to talk to. When I got home, I did just that, they contacted the hotel and the hotel would not even give me a discount. It's lucky that my 73 y/o father did not slip and fall in the water on the bathroom floor. This review would not have been so bad if they had attempted to work with us. Also, the advertised picture of the room was much bigger then it actually was.

The hotel is tired, the staff are unfriendly, the breakfast was terrible - barely heated scrambled egg and tinned fruit that fizzed. The coffee comes from a press button machine (but was actually ok).

The water in the shower was lukewarm (complaints didn't change the situation) and a hot bath was only a dream (although there was a bathtub). After driving overnight from London in a coach, a hot bath may have soothed how I feel about the hotel, but really I don' think so.

I like a hard mattress but these mattresses made my muscles feel like they had been crushed. The room decor is old and tired and two of our group had to move because of ants in their rooms.

The weather last week in Rome was pretty hot but we were told it was "too early" for the aircon to be switched on! Consequently we had to sleep with the window open and it was noisy outside as we were on the restaurant side. Coming into the room in the day time wasn't comfortable as it was really hot - the one afternoon we stayed at the hotel we had to go outside under a tree to keep cool.

The pool wasn't open last week - again "too early" I suppose. Anyone who was in Rome last week knows it was really hot.

Apparently the evening meal was cold the night our coach arrived - those who ate there (first and only time) were told that "Italians don't like their food hot". Well no-one went back to the dining room again the whole week - we all ate next door in the shopping centre.

Find somewhere else - this hotel just isn't worth it - and it is rated 4 star!