We stayed here on recommendation of friend.
We loved it.
Quiet neighbourhood, great restaurants closeby (don't eat at hotel - not worth it).
Find the keyhole, the oramge grove park, and head down into town.

My husband and I stayed in Hotel Villa San Pio for 3 nights in May 2006 and loved it so much we returned in May 2007. We enjoyed it more the second time as the first time the weather was a bit overcast and not warm enought to eat in the garden thought the conservatory is very pleasant. Breakfast in the garden was a lovely experience. There is a buffett breakfast and the waiter brought our tea or coffee to the table, whatever type of coffee you wanted.

We requested a room with a balcony on our second visit and it was lovely sitting out on the balcony unwinding after a busy day walking around Rome. The hotel was within walking distance of the sites of ancient Rome and we got a taxi to the Vatican city on our second visit as we had prebooked a tour and needed to be there at 9.30 a.m. The previous year we caught the open top bus at the Circus Maximus and got on and off at the Vatican.

We found the staff to be helpful and pleasant and would love to return again in the future.

If you are a large party who like a drink and a good time this is not the hotel for you. Not only is is massively overpriced, they shut the bar at 10pm some nights. They made us feel unwelcome, were unhelpful to an elderly relative. The rooms were beautiful, a great size, the breakfast was nice, the grounds lovely, but the atmosphere of the hotel ruined it.

We stayed here two years ago and loved the hotel for its location and beautiful, peaceful gardens. This year we returned with some friends - always a risky thing to do, but we were not disappointed. Our friends loved it as much as we did. It's such a relief to come back to such peace and greenery after the chaos of the city centre. Again, despite being in our mid-sixties we did not find the walk to the main sights any problem at all. In any case it's easy to get a bus if you feel like a rest. The staff were very pleasant and helpful at all times. Re the previous review - yes, the mattresses are very firm, but it wasn't a problem. There was nothing wrong with the pillows at all. I would have no qualms at all about the cleanliness of the bedding! As regards cosiness - there are very heavy curtains and a bedspread if it's needed. The floors are just wood with no rug. In the winter this might be a slight disadvantage, but then I imagine you'd have the central heating on. Certainly when we were there the weather was gloriously warm and there was no lack of comfort.