368290 4 Location 557154 <p>From the Termini station, the hotel is within a 15 minute walk. The easiest way is to go northwest out of the station to the Piazza Repubblica and turn left at Via Nazionale and left a few blocks down at Via Venezia.</p><p>After we arrived and received a warm welcome, we were taken to our room in the building across the street. The new part of the hotel is located on the 3rd floor. There is a lift, but we never used it. By the way, the 3 people at the reception desk that we ran into during our stay spoke English very well. And, there was someone always available.</p><p>The room was small, but we expected that after lots of research and reading of reviews. It was fine with us, there was a double bed and a small desk and chair in the room. There was also a very small TV that would pick up CNN off and on. We were there right before the US election, so my husband would check in while we were in our room. The walls, however, are very thin, so you can hear people in the next room. No one was ever too loud. The bathroom was especially small, but there was always enough hot water for us both to take a shower in the morning. There was a hair dryer available, although it was a hose attached to the wall. The bed wasn't the most comfortable and there was a lot of street noise outside our window. We had earplugs and shut the window if it got too loud. With the window shut, the noise was muffled enough to go back to sleep.</p><p>Breakfast was next to the lobby. There are 6 or 7 small tables in the room. During our stay, they served pastries, cereal, a yogurt and fruit mix and coffee, tea, or cappuccino. </p><p>They also had a laptop in the lobby for guests to use for free. We used it a couple of times to check our email, which was the only way we kept in touch with family. We didn't bring cell phones.</p><p>The location of the hotel to the sites is great, especially the Colosseum. It was a 15 minute walk there. We also used the Metro, Repubblica stop, when we were too tired to walk back or to go to Vatican City. The Metro is very easy to use and cost 1 Euro for 75 minutes of travel (on all public transportation). Buy your tickets from the machines, you can chose different languages.</p><p>I would recommend this place to anyone looking for a nice place that is affordable and close to sites and public transportation. I felt it was in a very safe location.</p> 2008-11-29T02:13:54-08:00 589299713 2008-10-26T17:00:00-07:00 0 -9223372036854775790 244574 7959916 368290 0 188689 0.208271120475544 2008-10-23T17:00:00-07:00 Published 25.0 2008-12-06T01:19:16-08:00 99549 0