First, the good news: The rooms are ample in size, and clean. The bathrooms are good, and the showers have great water pressure. It's nice having a bar on hand, and the hill is not that steep, easily manageable unless you're elderly, ill or have mobility problems. The chapels and meeting rooms are nice.
Now the downside: The promised air conditioning was not working when we were there, and no one seemed too concerned about it, though it was pretty hot out. Leaving the windows open at night left us prey to mosquitos, and there were no fans available. There are no phones in the rooms, just internal phones for wake-up calls, though there are phones in the public rooms. The drinks machine was also broken the whole time we were there. The food was institutional -- cheap, but in one of the great food capitals of the world, it seems a shame to dine on the equivalent of hospital cafeteria food. And the service ranged from indifferent to hostile.
You can save a lot of money staying at this hotel. But if you need to save money that badly, consider staying home. Or going to Rome for a couple days, and then moving on to some of the other, less costly but heartbreakingly beautiful places Italy has to offer. You can get by at Casa Tra Noi, and if you're one of those people who don't much care where you sleep, go for it. I just found it depressing.
- Casa Tra Noi Rome
