I stayed for a week at Hotel La Rovere earlier this month.

The hotel is located an easy walk to the Vatican, as well as near several major bus routes. It was neat as a pin, had helpful staff (who all spoke some English; no difficulty with communications), and I very much enjoyed my stay.

The breakfast was simple but quite adequate - croissants, cheese, ham, cereals, fruits, yogurts, as well as a cappuccino made for each person who wanted one. And the breakfast room and hotel in general were pleasantly decorated.

I had one of the three rooms with a very spacious balcony/terrace. My view was toward a lovely church (Chiesa Nuova), across the Tiber River. I enjoyed having a glass of wine on the balcony in the evening or a glass of juice in early morning, relaxing at the table there.

The room was impeccably clean. The small TV had a satellite feed, including one English station, CNN. The bathroom radiator was also the towel rack (thus the "heated towel rack" that some people refer to), and the bathroom was completely modern, with usual facilities, incl. a shower with plentiful hot water.

I do wish that the very firm bed was slightly softer, but that's a small point. I enjoyed the fridge (altho' I didn't buy anything from the mini-bar), the safe, and the lovely, large windows that let in such great light but which could be completely covered and darkened for a quick afternoon nap.

In addition to the hotel itself, I enjoyed its location - on a tiny, quiet street, but just steps faway rom a more major road that had a small grocery, internet shop, pizza shop, and nearby trattoria, as well as good bus service.

If I go back to Rome, I definitely will stay here again.

Very nice hotel!
We stayed at this hotel in July 2006. We had a small, lovely room with a great terrace (see piqture!) with plants and trees :-).

The room had AC, and that is a must in Italy in July! Breakfast was nice. It is very close to the Vatican and not far from Trastevere. Pantheon, Spanish steps and other sights are in walking distance from the hotel, 20-30 min.

A great hotel where I'd love to stay again!

My Girlfriend and I stayed there for a week; we found the staff to be very friendly. The room size for the price was good and we had our own large private terrace from the room, which was an added bonus.

The location was good, 10-minute walk to the Vatican and a 30 min walk to pizza navona. And the area felt safe.

All in all it was a very enjoyable stay.

This hotel is near the Vatican on the west side of the river. There are almost no shops or restaurants nearby and there is no Metro station either so be prepared for lots of walking. That said, the hotel is fine. Our room was small by US standards but typical European. Small city hotels are sometimes noisy but we had no problem and slept really well. The staff seemed a bit uncommunicative at first, but were actaully quite friendly when we got to know them. Breakfast is typical continental cold buffet. The hotel is in a very narrow street set back from the main road running along the side of the river and the taxi driver dumped us down at the main road and pointed us in the direction of a small (dirty) alleyway where there is a direction sign for La Rovere. Do not let him do that - insist on being taken to the front of the hotel. The Travestere district is excellent for the evening meal (its like the Latin Quarter in Paris only better). Just walk south along the river for about 15 mins. You have to walk along the side of the river to get pretty much anywhere so during the day it's nice to use the steps down to the lower embankment and get away from the traffic. You can get back up to street level at any bridge. For a great half day out take the train from the station near the Pyramid (30 mins walk) to the ruined port city of Ostia Antica, it's great.