After 7 trips to Italy, staying at a total of 17 different hotels in 7 different cities, I can honestly say that Hotel Alimandi Vaticano ranks number 1. Excellent, accomodating service. Spacious and immaculately kept room. Amazingly varied breakfast buffet (where do all of those dishes come from ?). Vatican Museum is right across the street. Great recommendations on where to dine. Short walk from Cipro Metro Station,

Spent 3 nights at the Hotel Alimandi Vaticano in Rome earlier this month and would definitely stay there again, particularly if my focus were again on St. Peter's and the Vatican. The staff were all efficient and gracious. I am especially appreciative of how they handled my airport shuttle booking. I had arranged (via e-mail) for a 10:00AM airport shuttle pick-up, based on my flight's scheduled arrival time from New York -- figured I'd have at least an hour's wait, but didn't want to book an earlier shuttle and then miss it. Turns out that my flight arrived almost an hour early -- I called the hotel as soon as I cleared Customs, and they told me that the driver was outside, already waiting for me. They'd been monitoring my flight and sent the shuttle out early -- a much-appreciated kindness, especially on a cold and rainy day.

My room was large, even by US standards -- two queen beds with plenty of room leftover, plus two large armoires and a patio overlooking the entrance to the Vatican Museums. The bathroom was also above-average in size, with all new fixtures kept spotlessly clean. Breakfast included a huge array of baked goods, an ample selection of eggs and meats, plus cereal and yogurts, tended to by attentive but low-key staff in a large and cheery breakfast room fronting the Museum entrance.

Only one small negative -- the ice machine was on the same floor, two doors away from my room, and it was occasionally loud enough to interrupt this jet-lagged traveler's sleep. Suggest that it be relocated or enclosed. Otherwise, my stay at the Alimandi was just about perfect.

i took my first trip to rome early December of 2008. A friend recommend Hotel Alimandi Vaticano. It was a great choice. The hotel is in a great location accross the street from the Vatican Museum and about 3 blocks from the train station. I was unsure in staying at alimandi becasue everyone was saying that it was pretty far from rome venus. I didn't think so. Maybe not walking distance but the train is pretty easy to use and runs fast. Most of the other venues are about 10 min away on the train. Germano and the front desk staff was great and well as the restaurant staff. During my next visit in rome i deffinetly would be staying at Alimandi.

What a nice hotel. We stayed there twice during our vacation and would stay there again. Germano, and the rest of the staff, gave easy walking directions to very nice and reasonable restaurants, and the entire staff always were trying to help us.

This hotel is family run and it shows. The rooms were always very clean, the breakfast was more than expected and varied each day, and the staff were always friendly.

The Hotel is directly across the street from the Vatican Museum and St. Peters.

We had several tours organized by the hotel, all were excellent. Our driver Gionfranco was an outstanding driver, even in Rome traffic.

I highly recommend this hotel if your stay in Rome has you going to St. Peters and the Vatican Museum.