We stayed at the hotel through the Royal Holiday timeshare. We got a 1 bedroom unit on the 2nd floor, which was very spacious. The hotel is quite quiet, a little out of the way, except to go to Trastevere neighborhood. It is close to the river (Tiber) and can walk across to all the restaurants and shops in Trastevere, it is bus ride from most of the sights. The front desk staff is polite and helpful. We had to pay extra for the breakfast, but I think it is because we got it as a timeshare, if you are a hotel guest, I believe breakfast is included. Breakfast is ok, fruit, cereal, cold cuts, pastries. They have hard boiled eggs, but ran out by 9 a.m. one morning. The fruit bowl is somewhat limited, but at least fresh fruit instead of canned stuff that some other hotels sometimes offer. The hotel is a little dated. We were on the 2nd floor, and the room was a little ragged, didn't feel clean. We had a cot as an extra bed (even though we asked for a fold out couch), it was incredibly short. I'm a relatively short person, and even then, my feet were sticking out at the end of the bed.

For the price, I think the hotel is fine, but it is no more than a 3 stars, that's for sure.

This place is weird. If you stay on floors 1-3, not only do you pay less, but your apartment is a bit outdated and, well, not so great. If you stay on floors 4-5, you pay more, but your apartment is remodeled (2009), and, well, GREAT!

The apartments vary in range and are about 50 square meters each. The views on the side of the Forum are to die for and they go quickly. We had a living room with eat in kitchen with a flat panel TV that moved out at 90° from the wall - convenient when the couch was set at 90° from the TV. The water in the fridge is yours for free (oooh) and the robes (without hoods) and slippers (small - like Italian feet) are not for yours to keep. The bedroom is large and weirdly, only there do you have Sky with another flat panel TV.

The bad.

I am NOT the first to mention this, but the breakfast is an absolute joke. I mean, if this is a 4 star hotel/residence, what are they doing serving tiny, not very tasty pastries and that's about it! The juices are in these quite elegant silver decanters, but with NO LABELS you have no idea what is inside - pour and DISCOVER! There is fresh bread (good), but the selection of jams is bad, bad, bad. There was a crostata that looked good, but I didn't have it. There was also real fresh fruit salad - good, but when it ran out ... that was it ... no more fresh fruit salad. There was also some yogurt and small boxes of Kellogs brand cereal. Then there were two bottles of water. That's it. Breakfast is served! I hope this description gives you the idea that their breakfast was of the 2 star quality, not 4 star quality that they have been awarded.

Last complete was our check-in. I travel allot and when you have to leave your documents so that the check-in can enter your passport or identity card information - YOU LEAVE THOSE DOCUMENTS and the check-in clerk gives you the key to the apartment and when you come down to the lobby later they give you back the documents. THAT IS THE WAY YOU DO IT! You do NOT make your customer wait while you enter the ID information (complete with grumbling about how the computer wasn't working). When I asked the clerk (in Italian) if we could get the keys to our room and go he said, "I'm entering your document information." Thanks, I know that, but you DON'T do it this way.

We couldn't have asked for a more convenient location for touring ancient Rome. The hotel is clean and modern with an attentive, friendly staff, available 24 hours. Walter at the front desk is very helpful. He promptly attended to all our requests and made suggestions and arrangements for places to visit. The hotel is in a perfect location, close to points of interest, accessible by buses and trains nearby. Very highly recommended for anyone visiting Rome.

This superb hotel is in a great location for walking to all the must see sights in Rome, close to buses to anywhere in the city and just across the road to the river and a lovely little park with it's own 2000 year old temples!