This hotel was not my favorite of the trip, but wasn't the worst. The room was ok, the smallest we had. It was near the train station, which was convenient to travel, but not great when wandering around looking for dinner after dark. There was also a funny smell in the hallways and bathrooms. Something in the water? Breakfast every morning was fine, but sometimes was very busy and the tables couldn't be cleaned off quick enough.

I stayed at the Contilia for five days. The air conditioning was non existent. The hotel was definitely not modernized or updated. It was by far the smallest bathroom I had on my entire trip. The place was clean and my room was cleaned every day of my stay there. The area of the hotel feels worse when walking from the train station than when coming back from the main sights of Rome. The breakfast was terrible. Honestly, all I need is some juice, pastry, and fresh fruit like an apple and I'm happy. The only thing they served was stale buns, cheese and cold meat. I stayed there because it was cheap and easy to explore Rome from. Keep your expectations low and you won't be disappointed.

My girlfriend and I found the Hotel Contilia after walking around door to door to many hotels in the Termini station area. This hotel was by far the best looking hotel in the area compared to others of similar price, it looked clean and the air conditioning and TV worked (only CNN and some MTV italia were in english however). The reason I give this hotel only 2 stars is the bedbugs! My girlfriend and I woke up every morning very itchy with bedbug bites all over our bodies. As someone who has never experienced bedbugs before, I must say that they were horrible, the itching lasts for weeks (much worse than a misquito bite). We have been home for 2 weeks now and the itching is just starting to go away.

We were in room 218, so I'm not sure if this problem is isolated to that room alone, but the bedbugs truely ruined the experience for us. Other than that the Hotel Contilia is the best bet for a reasonable price in the area, the staff were very friendly and the hotel was very close to Termini station (about a 5 minute walk). Contrary to some reviews the area was not at all "shady", a little dirty perhaps but I felt very safe, and the restaraunts in the area are very charming, and very reasonably priced. The hotel is also within 10-15 minutes walking distance of the colosseum, and many other neat Roman ruins.

All in all I'd say definely visit the Hotel Contilia if you're looking for a reasonable price (we got 70 euro a night, with some bargaining). But definetly beware of the bedbugs!

Me and my wife are very surprised to see all the positive reviews on Contilia. We had the worst possible experience here. We booked two days from an online website in the US. We arrived at the hotel and soon after, my wife didn't feel safe in the neighborhood. That termini area is somewhat shady. The room was in a pretty run down condition. Shower door was broken, there were stains all over the comforter (white ones, use your imagination), AC didn't work properly, ornaments, towels, furniture all in very bad shape.

This is the good part so far.

We wanted to check out from this hotel after our first day. The manager didn't let us, said we had to pay for the entire duration of the reservation. We kindly said we don't feel safe here and the rooms are in a pretty bad condition, the manager and the staff argued very aggressively saying it is impossible for us to check out early, kept saying they have a 48 hour cancellation policy. They did not understand the difference between cancelling a reservation and checking out early due to customer dissatisfaction. I insisted on not paying for the second day as I had no intention of staying here and the manager called the police. Then he started yelling at us and told us to evacuate our room in 10 minutes or he will throw away our stuff on the street. At this point, he is calling the police to make us pay for the second day AND he is throwing our stuff on the street, notice this guy's logic. He even showed us the finger (with his arm, Italian way). It was so ridicilous that the term unprofessional does not even begin to describe the staff at this hotel.

We waited for the police for a while, they didn't show up. In the meantime, the manager was making calls to the station from his cell phone. Most probably the police could not have done anything anyway since they had no check out policy stated anywhere - but we offered half price for the second day so that we can go on our way and not waste the entire day waiting for the police. They took the offer with much animation and showmanship.

Stay at this ridicilous establishment at your peril.