There were a few things wrong with this hotel such as a snooty receptionist and no air conditioning ( it was quite warm in April although the Italians did not think so!). However, it was clean,we had a good sized room, and a well equipped bathroom, there was plenty of variation at breakfast - fruit, cereal, cheese, ham, cakes etc although it could be a bit crowded at busier times.
I thought it was well placed. There was a bus stop 1 min. walk away. The 715 takes you all the way to the P. Venezia. It was a 15 min. walk to the Metro where we never had to wait more than a few mins. for a train. It only took 15-20 mins. to get into Rome altho' the metro stations aren't near all tourist places.
We did not find the area to be unsafe and never saw any petty crime or drug dealing! People walking their dogs the only Italians we met. There were at least three good places to eat in the area: Michaelas,
Pomodoro&Mozerella, and a small trattoria run by a rugby fanatic(his brother plays for Italy).

We stayed at the Hotel Oly for 4 nights with our 13 month old son. It served as a good base for many of the tourist sights and was less than 10 mins walk to the nearest metro station. The staff were friendly and helpful. The room was adequate but once we had a travel cot added in the space was very limited. The hotel is advertised as having air conditioning, but unfortunately this was switched off for winter - despite the fact that temperatures were still in the high teens and twenties. It also states that it has an indoor pool - however access is restricted to approx 3 times per day - usually mid morning, early afternoon and late evening.

I was traveling solo and on a budget. For the price of the stay, I was very pleasantly surprised. I do not speak Italian. I do not know my way around Italy. The hotel staff made my trip one of the best ever. I cannot say enough about the hospitality of Hotel Oly's employees. Every question asked and every request made, was greeted with a smile and gracious assistance.

I went to Italy to meet friends in a town outside of Rome. I would not have found them without Dario's assistance. I had only a partial address. Dario is a very patient and helpful person, a true class act.

I definitely plan to stay at Hotel Oly upon my next visit to Rome. Many thanks to everyone at Hotel Oly!

We arrived at the hotel, extremely tired from a long flight. We were "greeted" by a grumpy hotel attendant who rudely gave us the keys to our room. As soon as we walked through the doors of the hotel room, it reeked like a smoke-filled Vegas Casino & it had dirty, yellow-stained, peeling wallpaper. (We are both non-smokers and had specifically asked for a non-smoking room) The hotel attendant told us that no rooms were available that night.--they would see what they could do the following day.

That night we came back after dinner & there was a sign at the front desk that said "Ask hotel clerk about tours of Rome". So, we asked the hotel clerk and he stared at us dumbfounded & said he did not understand. I pointed to the sign beside him & he said he did not know about any tours.

The next morning we went for breakfast at 9:30 (breakfast was served until 10 am). We were grumpy b/c we were on the 1st floor & there was some type of a convention going on that woke us up very early in the morning. As we walked to the breakfast room we had to pass through a waiting room, where there was about 100 people smoking in a tiny room. As we walked through the crowd to the breakfast room.. I thought I would be ill inhaling the fumes. When we got inside, there was no food or eating utensils to be seen, except for a few revolting hard boiled eggs. We then had to cross back through the smoke-filled reception room again to get to the front desk. We explained the problem to the hotel attendant (a different one than the night before & from when we checked in).. He said, "I don't understand what you're saying". I made a hand gesture of eating out of bowl and he still could not understand what I was trying to say. We finally were able to explain the problem & the hotel attendant said, "This is impossible!" -(-He suddenly spoke fluent english with us.) I said "No, really, there's no food, and nothing to eat out of." After minutes of back & forth the situation was finally resolved. I was one hungry, smoke-infested, cranky, sleepless person that morning. I aslo had to take another shower after breakfast b/c I smelled like smoke. All in-all, we give a rating of "terrible" Oh-! & it's a twenty minute walk to the subway station.. it's also uphill on the way back from the subway station..perfect, after a long day of sightseeing.

Enjoy!