Fantastic hotel, nice people, excellent situation... nothing to complain about.

I enjoyed my stay at Gianicolo and found the overall trip very enjoyable. The staff were friendly and very helpful, supplying us with a map of the city on arrival and telling us of bus routes and distances to nearby attractions. This was very helpful, especially details of where to catch buses and where they went to, as we purchased a 3 day travel pass for all transport (buses, metro and trains) for 11 euros, which was a good idea due to the rain we experienced :-( however we still managed to see the things we wanted to. It is a short walk to Trastevere and within walking distance of the Vatican. There are bus services to the city and to Colleseum and Termini Train Station which run regularly.

The jacuzzi was great after a long day of walking and sightseeing to relax and unwind. The room had it's own mini bar (which if you do not want to pay the hotel prices you can store your own food/drinks in.) The hotel is set on a hill which has a great view over the whole of Rome and the hotel grounds and pool were beautiful and I would love to return to this hotel in the summer as the pool would be a nice end to a long day sightseeing in hot weather!

The breakfast is quite varied if you like continental breakfasts (although we didn't eat it as we would have prefered beans on toast!) The only thing I would say is if you are flying to Ciampino airport, for convience I would recommend a taxi, or hotel's limo service (55 euros), as the public transport to the hotel is not all included in the 3 day pass and is quite time consuming if you have only a short day. It took us 1hour 1/2 to get from the hotel to Ciampino airport and 2hours to get from the hotel to the airport...almost missing our flight!

I would definately return to this hotel and recommend it to my friends and family.

I have just come back from Rome and was delighted with the Hotel. We had a tripple room which was a good size considering the city location. The pool was great - so few hotels have pools in Rome - and in the heat we needed it. Although it is not central the buses were quick and cheap and stop outside the hotel.

The hotel does not have a resturant but they gave us great advice of where we coudl eat nearby when we didn't want to go into the city centre.

Have just returned from Rome after a short 4 day break. This was my first visit and I went with two other friends and we stayed in a triple room. It was a reasonable size for three of us and the bathroom was of a good size and we always had enough clean towels every day.

The Reception staff were pleasant and helpful and the breakfast here is plentiful - mainly continental style but lots of it.

Although this hotel isn't entirely central to all the main attractions, you can walk into central locations but it will take about 30 minutes. However, the taxis in and out are reasonably cheap enough so we tended to do this.

Also, we were very glad that we were out of the hustle and bustle of the city as it was nice and quiet at night. Also, this hotel has the added attraction of the pool and because we were so hot at the end of a long day sight-seeing, it was fantastic to get back and spend a couple of hours swimming and relaxing around the pool before going out for the evening. Towels are supplied which is good but everybody needs to wear a swimming hat and these can be bought for 5 euros at reception.

All in all, I can thoroughly recommend this hotel to anyone.