The Marc Aurelio hotel was not quiet the hotel that me and my friends expected. From the moment we checked in we could see that it would be a stressful time. The staff at the font desk could barely speak english. We finally got the keys to our room, and at first we were surprised at the fact that it was the old traditional key as opposed to the electronic entry system. The coridors had a pungent smell o them, the order was dirty and very off putting. Our room also had a unpleasent smell to it, but we thought if we put the air condonitioning on it my reduce the smell. This was immposible as the air con was not functioning at all, so the only option left was to leave the window open. The beds had no blankets in them, they only had sheets, we finally found the blankets on the floor inside the wardrobe. Once we opened the blanket we found a lot of hair in them and decided to not use them all together. The bathroom had no door lock on it. we decided not to let this bother our stay too much.
when we tried to see if we could get our room changed we were told they were fully booked and it would be difficult. the restaurant area of the hotel also had a pungent odor to it and this put us off eating there. so we didnt not have breakfast at the hotel in the morning as the breakfast was just warmed up food. the safe in the room was not working so this meant us all carrying or passports and other valuble items with us at all times. There was also very little warm water when having showers in the morning.

the hotel is quite far from the city centre and there is not information about any buses that can take you to the hotel. the walk from the metro station is about 15minutes. the hotel is at the second to last stop of the metro.

The hotel is a fair distance from the Chiampino airport too, so tavelling to the hotel from the airport by taxi is expensive ( around 60 euros), and not many of the taxi drivers know where the hotel is situated exactly.

Overall i would say the hotel is ok if one just wants a place to sleep at night and nothing else, and it's a bit too far from any of the tourist areas of rome



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