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Via Andrea Doria 36 | (also at Viale Giulio Cesare 183 & Piazza Risorgimento), 00182 Rome, Italy
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its really not a hotel

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2 of 5 stars
RBK106   2 contributions
NY
Aug 11, 2009 | Trip type: Family

The Vatican Holiday is collection of condos maintained and operated by the Vatican Holiday Group. Because of this, your experience there is unpredictable. The rooms are clean and the price is great, so if you do decide to go get the telephone number of a contact person. There is no single check-in area. This can be rather confusing and frustrating after navigating the streets of Rome for hours. Because you will be in a condo, you may be staying in a building a few blocks away from the main section - also rather frustrating.

  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
  • Date of stay July 2009
  • Visit was for Leisure
  • Traveled with Family with Young Children
  • Age group 50_64
  • Member since May 28, 2009
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? No
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.A little too shady

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2 of 5 stars
miltonadvisor   8 contributions
Milton, Canada
Dec 4, 2008 | Trip type: Couples

This was a pretty bad experiance for us, especially considering that this was the last leg of our European tour. We got there at night, it was dark and this was basically a hard to find and badly labelled building, which was hard to get to with the suitcase. When we got there, it was an apartment building with one unit converted into a bunch of rooms. However, the guy said we were to move to another location. We're tired and it's late, and now we're walking to another B&B. It was a very nice and renovated room, but then he said we would have to move AGAIN the next day! So next morning we got up, he came, and moved us to this 3rd location which was someone else's B&B. We were basically moving because a large number of people were coming to that location. We were basically booted from there, which was odd and not very nice.

The new room we got wasn't very spectacular at all. There was actually a blood stain on one of the sheets, and the lady wouldn't change it.

Location was pretty much the best part. We could literally see the Vatican and the line outside of the Vatican from our room's window. The Breakfast cafe was in the same building, which was convenient.

  • Liked — Location
  • Disliked — Bad service
  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
    • 1 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
  • Date of stay May 2008
  • Visit was for Hobbies / interest / culture
  • Traveled with Spouse / significant other
  • Age group 25-34
  • Member since December 01, 2008
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? No
  • I recommend this hotel for Young singles
  • I do not recommend this hotel for An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Great pool scene, Pet owners, Families with young children, Families with teenagers
  • I selected this hotel as a top choice for Museums / Cultural / Historical sites
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Okay if you can unlock the door

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1 of 5 stars
hankbrown   1 contribution
sydney
May 15, 2008 | Trip type: Couples

We arrived at about 10pm due to a fire on the railway that delayed our arrival. The B& B is part of a complex that has about 10 or 12 other B&Bs and so there is a locked gate on the street front with buzzers that you buzz each separate B&B with. It was a pretty dodgy street and area so we turn up loaded with our backpacks and buzz for Vatican Holiday. No answer. We try constantly for the next 15 minutes and we are getting increasingly nervous as it is a dark area anda few dodgy people lurking about. Finally a lady from a different B&B on the street front lets us inside the gated complex as she was probably sick of us hanging out under her window freaking out about what we were going to do. Let me stress here the street was dark, eerily quiet and no taxi's around or anything to take us anywhere else.
Relived we get inside and find the B&B and buzz the door. another 20 minutes of buzzing until it is opened by the stupid person whi bruns the place. He has been asleep and couldn't hear the buzzer because the buzzer is located in the front entry, not in his bedroom. He offers no apology and so finally we get into our room which is clean and okay.
The next evening we go out for dinner and come back and using our key we try and get into the b&b. Bute we can't unlock the door!! 30 minutes later another guest from the B&B arrives and lets us in. NO ONE told us that to unlock the door you need to turn the key once to the left then twice to the right.
This place is crap. The person running it is rude, the lcoation is okay but there could be better places close to food outlets and the main attractions. I can stress how uneasy I felt being locked out the place because until you visit Rome you don't realise how dodgy it can be. My husband and I were followed by a dodgy guy in a big overcoat for several blocks until we ran quickly away from him. I recommend you stay elsewhere or at least home the idiot that ran it in 2007 has left.

  • Liked — clean
  • Disliked — the staff
  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
    • 1 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
  • Date of stay August 2007
  • Visit was for Hobbies / interest / culture
  • Traveled with Spouse / significant other
  • Age group 25-34
  • Member since May 15, 2008
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? No
  • I recommend this hotel for Young singles
  • I do not recommend this hotel for Young singles, An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Great pool scene, Pet owners, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
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excellent location, clean & quiet rooms

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4 of 5 stars
MonicaItaly   10 contributions
Italy
Mar 4, 2008

Do not expect a hotel structure, but a B&B structure, with breakfast served at a coffee place in the area (coffee, pastry and juice). Rooms are small, but new, clean and very quiet as they give onto a private court.
You can walk to the Vatican Museums (10 minutes), and if you need the Metro, the Ottaviano stop of Line A is right there.
The only downside is the limited space in the bathroom: one little shelf would have sufficed.
Staff is very nice.
Definitely good value for the money paid (75 euros/night).
Monica - Italy

  • Liked — New and clean rooms, though small
  • Disliked — limited space in bathroom to place items to be used
  • My ratings for this hotel
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
    • 3 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
  • Date of stay February 2008
  • Visit was for Hobbies / interest / culture
  • Traveled with Other
  • Age group 35-49
  • Member since March 08, 2005
  • Would you recommend this hotel to a friend? Yes
  • I recommend this hotel for Young singles, Tourists
  • I do not recommend this hotel for An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Great pool scene, Pet owners
  • I selected this hotel as a top choice for Museums / Cultural / Historical sites
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Fab Location

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5 of 5 stars
DebbieCardiff   1 contribution
Cardiff
Feb 17, 2008
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We have just returned from Rome having stayed at the Vatican Holiday BB for 4 nights it has a metro just outside which will take you to all tourist attractions and the Vatican is 5 minutes walk from the hotel. The guy running the place is called Michael and he was brilliant he gave us a great map and told us how to get around, if you buy a 3 day pass for 11 Euros at the metro you can use all public transport it is so easy popping on and off the trains (underground) and buses. We were given a voucher for our breakfast which you take to a cafe 3 doors away its coffee, juice and you can choose a pastry its not much but was very nice. I would recommend this hotel and if i go back to Rome i would definetly stay there again.
Debbie (Cardiff)

  • Date of stay February 2008
  • Member since February 17, 2008
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Via Andrea Doria 36 | (also at Viale Giulio Cesare 183 & Piazza Risorgimento), 00182 Rome, Italy