All the hotels in my guide book were booked so I had to scramble and I found Hotel Canova based on the location through Google Earth. It was a great find. The hotel was well located between Termini and The Victor Emanuelle monument ( closer to Termini). The rooms were brand new, the staff was very, very friendly and the street was quiet. The breakfast was adequate, not great though. Overall it was a positive experience and I wouldn't think twice about staying there again in the future.

Nice, small Hotel in a relatively quiet off-street. 5 Minutes walk from main station Termini and/or subway station Cavour. But beware of the old streets which will ruin ladies' shoes and/or the wheels of your luggage! I urgently recommend a taxi for about 8 Euro! - Receptionists very friendly and helpful. City map of Rome available for free. Elevator very small, nearly fits two people with luggage! Rooms are clean and have a Bidet (!) in the Bathroom but no Kleenex! Beds comfortable. TV is tiny but features CNN in good quality. No Internet access in rooms or Lobby, but two Internet Cafés in waklking distance. (1 Euro per hour). Try to get a room facing the back of the Hotel, however it is close to the balconies of private people in the near apartments, thus you may hear children crying and music - but in any case better than the traffic noise in rooms facing Via Urbana.
Positive: Built-in safe in the quite small cabinet!
Negative: Doors of cabinet, bathroom etc. squeaking like in a haunted castle but we did not see any ghost.
Breakfast served in a nice room with an impressive painting of the Vesuvio eruption Cereals, ham, cheese, biscuits. No fresh fruits or eggs but still better than in similar Hotels I stayed in....
Great Espresso, coffee, Capuccino!
No Smoking recommended in the entire Hotel.

I think where ever we stayed I wouldn't have minded because I was back in Rome!
The Hotel was adequate for our 4 night stay. The roof terrace was closed for breakfast which was a disappointment, and the room was the tiniest room we had ever stayed in, but my boyfriend and I agreed the 3 main things in the room for us were.. a great bed very comfortable, a great shower and a great working air con system.
Would we stay here again ... probably not , because we found it was a bit far out to the trevii fountain area for us each day, I would probably pick somewhere nearer there next time worth the extra money!.

But overall a good stay and the staff were very helpful.

On first impressions this hotel and location is a little off-putting. This impression doesn't last very long. As soon as you get your bearings, you very soon realize how well located this property is. The via Urbana (street that hotel is on) leads down to some nice restaurants and also an Irish pub. In the other direction it leads to the Termini station where you can get the bus or metro. An all day multi use ticket costs just 4 Euro. In yet another direction is the Piazza Republica. So as you can see the location is good.

The hotel itself is small with a lift that accommodates two people. The rooms are small but big enough and I believe that by Roman standards they are of an average size. Staff are very helpful and gave us lots of helpful tips.
There was also nice coffee/tea, juice, cereal, bread, meat and cheese breakfast. The bread was very tasty. The breakfast room is nice and bright and is on the roof of the building with a covered and open air area.
There is a very small bar which I used while waiting in the lobby for the rest of our group to come down and it was adequate for this. Staff speak very good English. There is also somebody at the desk day and night.

An encouraging observation was when two well dressed men came in and went straight for the lift, the woman on the reception challenged them to make sure they were staying there.

Unless you want to spend a lot more money for some of the other centrally located hotels, I would not hesitate to recommend this one and as I said on the heading this place grows on you.