We are staying at the hotel this week. I emailed for directions
but got no reply. Fortunately we met a guide on the train from the airport and he was able to provide directions. Take the 64 bus. Get off at the first stop past the river. Cross the wide road. Look for their sign over the alley heading uphill.

When we checked in, we asked if our room was on the quiet side of the hotel. The answer was an enthusiastic yes, but the room is the ill fated 205, above the street. I asked to use the internet. They said it was broke but would be fixed the next day. I asked the next day and again was told it would be fixed the next day. Yesterday, I had them show me the router and cables. No wireless router, even though they said they did have one. The cabling to the computer is exposed and runs along a power line. This causes the router to fail.

I showed them how to power down and power up the router. It fixed the problem for now. The computer is running an old version of the browser. The keyboard is Italian. No way to type the "at" sign in an email address.

Very friendly people though. They just do not want to give you an answer that you might disagree with.

The hotel is up an alley. The alley seems to be a pissing ground for the locals. It is out of the way, and it is better than pissing in the river.

St Peters is close, but not 100 meters unless you swim the river upstream.

I say maybe a 2 star given the location and lack of competence, but very friendly with a good breakfast.

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.