We booked this hotel on alpharooms.com it was on offer "pay 2 nites get the third one free" so we paid 98 euro in total for a double room for 3 nights which was really great value! The hotel is basic with very small rooms but clean and on excellent location, just few minutes walk to termini station and 20-30 mins walk to city centre. Even close to main road, the hotel was quiet at nite time. It had runing hot water all the time and heating on. The breakfast was basic but good, fresh and more than enough, staff was friendly and helpful. Hotel is small but easy to find.

We booked car pick up from airport and back from hotel wich costed €80 for both and as we were 4 girls it worked perfectly for us as the train from airport to termini costs €11 one way.

We chose Hotel Galeno mainly because of it's price; a real bargain for a hotel in Rome which includes a breakfast, and quite a good one at that!

The hotel is situated near the Embassies; quite far out of the centre and from the main attractions, however we did walk every day. It took between 30 and 45 minutes depending on which way we went! It was an easy walk from the train station though, upon arrival, but watch out for Romanies as they seem quite keen on pick pocketing!

Our room was quite small; quite an interesting take on the word 'bedroom' as it was mostly a bed, but was clean and well-furnished! The ensuite facilities were simple, but also clean. Our room was a ground floor one, which wasn't very nice when you opened the curtains in the morning to see the cleaning trolley!

The area seemed very safe and quiet which was a bonus.

The breakfast was excellent, full continental; with croissants and a choice of coffee, tea or hot chocolate and other such goodies.

Staff seemed helpful, but we didn't have much contact with them.

We just returned from a two week vacation to Italy. Our first three days there we spent in Rome and stayed at the Hotel Galeno. A three star and on the cheaper end of hotel rooms in Rome but I would highly recommend it. Had no issues at all. The staff was very nice - most of them spoke English. Clean, safe - off one of the main streets in Rome. When you pull up you will see a sign - HOTEL GALENO - walk thru the gate down a cobble stone path - turn left and there it is. We would definately stay there again - with in walking distance to lots of restaurants and the Porta Pia.

Just for those who are thinking about spending some days in Rome, I recommend you not to go near this hotel. It is four days since we arrived and our experience in this hotel is as follows: the room was tiny (even for European standards!), one of the so called bedside tables was broken, the air condiotining was non existing (although it seems that there are some rooms that have, we were not lucky enough to have one) but they left a fan in the middle of the room which was broken as well (so imagine Rome in July without some cool air!), we couldn't open the windows because the first day we killed five giant mosquitoes and we were afraid of opening them, the doors in the shower were broken and it was a miracle not to flood the bathroom every time you tried to have a shower, in three days staying there, the room was tidied up once, the breakfast was served at your table and it was not that bad though it lacked cereals or fruit. Also, one day (as the hotel is part of a block of flats), there was a party in one flat and the music didn't stop until late at night...a nightmare!. Apart from this, the staff was friendly. For all these reasons, I warn you about this hotel, I hope that the next time we go to Rome we can find something a litlle bit better for the same price, because we only wanted to stay there for the night and a relaxed shower, and that was too much for this hotel.