We stayed here because of an early flight out of Ciampino airport. This hotel is very close to the airport, so close, that you could literally walk to the runway. It is not in a nice location, nothing is nearby and is more like a motel than a 3 star hotel, that was rated by venere.com.

The front desk staff were not very helpful. For staff working in Ciampino, you would think they would know how to get to the train station and give you directions when driving by car. Instead, they were pushing you to use their shuttle service, which is provided for a fee. And does not have a schedule.

The rooms are very outdated and would be equivalent to a 1star motel in Canada. There was only a very thin bed sheet between yourself and the mattress, and you can see the colour of the mattress coming through. The room smelled of bleach and cigarettes. The shower floor was dirty.

I would not recommend this hotel, unless you just need a place to sleep to catch an early flight. We paid 85 euros for one night, in my opinion, it should only cost 50 euros or less a night. Do not stay here, if you're considering this as your homebase for visiting Rome. It is not conveniently located and you will need to take their shuttle service or taxi to the train station. The taxi ride should be less than 10 euros, we had a car, but had to pay for parking in Ciampino centre (.70/hr). If you are taking the train from Ciampino to Rome, time is 15 minutes.

First the good, spacious rooms, ability to park cars close to room, and decent restrauant located in the hotel. Now the bad, this hotel is located in out in the middle of nowhere. On one side of the hotel you have a airport carpark, on the other you have a bunch of derilict buildings and in the rear you have plane hangers used for fixing passenger aircraft (yes the airport is that close to the hotel.) Planes are landing all the time and the hotel is right under the flightpath of these landing aircraft. All the halls and floors in in this hotel are tiled. So EVERYTHING in the halls echo into the rooms, talking, running, children playing, people arriving/departing. If you are a light sleeper and have a room by reception you will not sleep. If you plan on visting Rome the closest underground link is Anagnina, which is located 5-10 minutes by hotel shuttle or taxi. Either way will cost you 10 euro and then it takes another 20 minutes by underground to reach downtown Rome. If you do not have a car you will most likely eat at the restraunt located in the hotel, the food was good and the prices were reasonable. Again, if you want to buy some food and bring it to your hotel room goodluck as there are no stores at all located near this hotel. If you are catching a flight out of Ciampino airport this is a good place to stay for the night before to catch you plane the next day. If you want to visit Rome and its sights this is not the hotel to stay at!

It was close to a disaster staying there. But some parts of the experience make up for it.

The rooms were old. Bed was uncomfortable. Tap water had a funny taste (weird to be exact). Dunk musty smell emanated from the toilet. Had to keep it shut all the time. Walls were thin - no protection from noisy people in the corridor. Too close to the airport - can hear the noise from aircraft.

Some rooms are very far off from the reception (more than 150m away). You'll have to take a long walk to get to your room.

Location was BAD. Takes 1 hour to go the airport with 1 transfer. Bus to metro or Bus to train. Bus services not that frequent and bus timetable not fully updated. Some of the buses from Rome are EXPRESS services that go directly to the airport and do not pass by the hotel. As such, the last bus from the metro to the hotel is 8pm. NOT 11pm. (see photo for bus timetable). And Taxis are expensive. An alternative would be to call for the hotel shuttle service for 5 euros from the metro or the train station. Much cheaper that way.

Good for travellers who need to catch early morning flight from ciampino. otherwise, if you want to see Rome city and have limited time - you are much better off spending a bit more staying near the city and saving yourself a lot of inconvenience and heartache, esp from the travelling.

Staff were generally pleasant. Food was good esp the pizza. But stay away from the pasta - not the best I have tasted and expensive considering the good quality pizza you can have at a lower price. Pizzas only available at night.

We selected this hotel because we had an early morning flight on RyanAir.

When we arrived, exited the airport and proceeded to the WHITE Taxies. If we would have known that we could have taken a BUS in the direction to the Anagnina Metro (line A) for only 1euro each to the hotel, which is literally about a 2 min bus ride, we would have opted for that, however we were never told about this option until we got to the hotel. You just ask for the bus to the metro station and show the bus driver the address to the hotel and ask him to let you know when its there and to stop.

Since we didn’t know, we had to take a taxi. This is where the problems started. We entered a WHITE Taxi. As the driver pulled away we asked how much. BIG MISTAKE. #1 always ask price before getting in taxi #2 ask the driver if he/she will give you a receipt. If they wont give you a receipt, chances are they are pocketing the EXTRA euros they try to swindle out of you. Ok so back to our little adventure. So the driver said, you speak English, we said yes. He pulled out a map showing the center of ROME and said it will be 30 euro. I said NO WAY, we are going 2 min away to the hotel and there is NO WAY we will pay 30 Euros and to stop the car and let us out. He would Not. Then he started to argue and then said ok, ok, ok 25 euros. I then said I will not pay more then 15 euros and demanded him to stop. He would not. well since the hotel is so close to the airport we were there before our argument ended. He then said he deserves 30euros because he lifted our one bag into his trunk of the car. I said I am only paying 15 euros. I handed him a 20 euros, he took it and was going to leave and I said, please give me my 5 euros now, and he said he did not have any. and then I demanded and he pulled out a hand full of coins adding up to about 4 euros and said that is all he had. I took it and then entered the hotel to report the cab number 2024. The hotel tried to call someone to report the driver but could not get anyone. Anyways long story short about a taxi drivers there, they are swindlers and try to milk you dry if you do not know, but hey this might be else ware but I don’t know.

Now, for the Hotel. We entered the door through the BAR, since there was no posting we could see for the front door. The staff was nice at the front desk, and sympathetic to our bad experience with the WHITE Taxi. We were given a room in the 600's, BAD MISTAKE. It took us 5 min. to walk to the room. At first as we were walking down the 100s the hallways were air-conditioned and looked as if it was just remodeled and we were please with the look. As we were walking down the hall we said, “wow, very nice.”

Ok well here is the kicker, after you exit the 100's and proceed to the rest of the MOTEL its OLD all the other hallways look like an old MENTAL HOSPITAL, with the drab looking walls, very little light and very hot. The floor is made from turquoise/blue tile. When we got to the room it smelled so bad from people smoking in the room, so we immediately closed the door. I asked my friend to wait outside the room with our bag and then I hiked back to the front desk to ask for another room. The staff accommodated us and put us in room 210. As we entered the room, there were 4 single beds in what looked as if it was directly out of a “youth hostel”. Very plain, no art on the drab-yellow walls that had some stain marks. The $9 lamp was from Ikea. The TV was super small and looked as it was from the 90s.

The shower was a bit small, and the water seemed as if someone dropped an Alka-Seltzer tablet (you know one of the plop plop phiz phiz oh what a relief it is tablets) in the water or something, and tasted like it had some kind of minerals in it. It felt as if we were taking a shower in a carbonated water, shower fizzing all over us. Brushing our teeth felt equally strange, as this Alka-Seltzer water was making our mouth foam even more, and the taste was awful. No this was not SOFT WATER, it was something else, maybe someone reading this can let us know what it was, since at our other hotel outside of Venice had normal water.

No free internet access in the room, however I think in the lobby there were 4 computer that could be used. There was a free continental breakfast, however it started at 7am and well most of the morning flights are at or before 7am so we are not able review that lavish display.

Now, when we tried to check out in the morning, the computer system was not working or something (so the guy at the counter said – hmm looked to me the computer was working fine he just did not know how to use it I think). It seemed as if this was the counter guys first day/night on the job. He didn’t know were anything was and spent 20 min. trying to figure it out. Eventually I said “just make a copy of my receipt, showing I paid” and then he let us go to the airport so we not miss our flight. We opted to take the hotel shuttle, that starts at 5am in the morning, for 8-euros provided by the hotel, which we found out this was another option to get to the train station or Airport.

All and all, just remember its best to use the public transportation, the bus that goes to the ANAGNINA METRO(Line A) is the best transport to and from the hotel. This is the metro that will take you into the city. Get a day pass from the machine for the Metro to see the sights.

I would stay again at the hotel if we had a morning flight, because of how close it is to the airport, but would demand a room in the 100s, for the many reasons mentioned above and also because the barking of the guard dogs that are trained outside the hotel is a bit annoying at night.

Once again the plus side to the stay was the friendly staff when we first arrived and the location of how close it is to the airport, in fact you can see the RyanAir jet outside the window if you look hard enough.

In America this would be no more then a 2 star. So if your looking for anything better then an motel 6/8, this is not the place for you. If you’re just going to use it as a place to sleep for the night to get an early flight, with very little to no amenities, Alka-Seltzer water for the shower, drab, hot, mental hospital interior, then this is the place for you. ENJOY.

PS one tip if your going to see the Coliseum, you will be HOUNDED when you exit the metro to go on a special tour, where you don’t have to wait in the 1 hour + in line to get tickets. Well here is the KEY to not waiting in line for tickets to the Coliseum that they wont tell you because they just want your euros. If you are facing the entrance to the Coliseum, turn around and you will see the ruins, and then you will see a path up to the ruins. Go up the hill where you will find the entrance for the ruins are and you will see a ticket booth left hand side. This ticket gets you in both, it’s the same price and you wont have to wait in line, like everyone else is at the Coliseum. When you go back to the Coliseum entrance make sure you are in the LEFT line, because the Right line is for those that need to purchase tickets.