Recently returned after travelling with Gullivers Sport Tours for the Six Nations Eng v Italy Six Nations game. We had a suite with bedroom, shower room and small dressing/TV room. Smallish rooms, but tall and not oppressive. Very clean, spotless bedding, changed every day. Shampoo etc, lots of towels. Luckily there was a heated ladder towel rail in the shower room as well as the air conditioning as we got soaked and snowed-on during our trip, and we could dry our coats quickly. The staff were very helpful and friendly. Breakfast and bar service good, but bar shuts at 10.30 - not what you want on a rugby tour. Having said that there are bars and restaurants all around the area, so you only have to walk a short way. Maybe it's best for the other guests who are not rugby fans to have a peaceful place for a quite drink. The hotel is only 5 mins walk from the Termini station and we got the train from there to the airport on leaving as we extended our stay by a day and the rest of the party resturned by coach on Sunday. The ticket machines were easy to use at the station, with commentary in English, and two tickets to the airport cost E28. We also had a 48-hour 'hop-on-hop-off' bus tour, paid in advance, to get our bearings, meaning to use it on the following day to get between sites and the Olympic Stadium. However, due to the snow the bus didn't run, so that was a bit of a waste of money. Not their fault though. We walked on average 10-12 miles per day, and saw all the main sites, but did not go into the Vatican or the Collesseum. We did, however, visit the church of St Clement, which has a beautiful church built on top of a 4th century church, which is built on top of a 1st century building which was used to celebrate the pagan Mithras. There is also a Romas house underground and you can visit it all for E5. All in all a very good trip, even though freezing - and we won!
- Bettoja Hotel Rome
