The "Piccolo" has been a home away from us for us, several times in Rome. I guess we went there the first time on a Rick Steves reccomendation. I've read the place went under renovation in '02 and is a bit pricier. It was always clean, very well located and faboulesly cheap!
The last time I was there it was $50.oo for a Dbl with no bath. That was pre Euro prices. The family that runs it is very nice. There's a curfew around midnte, but Rome is no capital of nightlife and the sites are the highlights so we get to bed early. There's no phone in the rooms but they have a card/pay phone in the b'fast room.
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