My wife and I stayed here mid Oct. 2006 our last night in Rome, 130Euro - just wanted a place to crash. We're easy going people and don't let too much bother us, but it was NOISY. The alley/street outside is busy all night. The woman who ran the place was very nice (no English) and even let us borrow her phone (none in the room). The room was nice, small, but it's Rome.

Our major issue came late at night when we were woken up by the owner who told us we were at the wrong hotel!!! He wanted to move us to his other hotel that we had never heard of!! I stood my ground and refused. Had it not been so late, we would have been out of there in a second. I've never even heard of such a thing.

Perhaps this was a weird anomoly, but with all the choices in Rome for comparable prices, I'd avoid this place.

The hotel has a great location about a 15 min walk from the Termini and the Coloseum and Roman Forum. Also the street Via IL Boschetto comes out on Via Nazionale where you can get a bus very easily. Residenza has a small studio apartment on the lower level which was great as there is a grocery store opposite and we could make our own breakfast. The deli counter at the store makes a good sandwich too. We stayed there twice and the second time around one of the rooms was a little smaller but overall the rooms are big. The shower stalls are small and the water temperature is hard to adjust but we found that to be similar all over Italy. There is no view from this hotel. Maria the caretaker is great. She is wonderful and does nt speak any english but we communicated fine with our Italian phrase book and gestures. She is willing to help and is always available and smiling. She does turn off the airconditioning when she comes in to clean the room so you do come back to a hot room sometimes. We booked our stay directly on their website.