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Viale Vaticano 88, 00165 Rome, Italy
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San Giuseppe Della Montagna
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3.5 of 5 stars 5 Reviews
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Chartley, Massachusetts
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“Quirky but ideal for the right travelers. Clean. Incredible Location for Vatican”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 March 2011
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All in all we enjoyed our experience here and we would highly recommend it. However, you need to know what you are getting.

First the positives. It is ideally located if you want to visit the Vatican. It is about a 1 minute walk to the entrance to the Vatican Museum and a 10 minute walk to St. Peter's. It is also clean, clean, clean.

Things to be aware of:
We had a considerable language barrier. The whole facility is gated. There was no sign out front and when we rang the bell at 87 Viale Vaticano (the listed address) we could not get buzzed in. I tried to call by phone as well but saying my name and reservation in Italian was not enough to get in. I walked to a nearby restaurant and a kind waiter called for me and was able to tell me I had to ring the buzzer next door. I think it was at 88 Viale Vaticano. There was no sign there either. If you can speak Italian or Spanish it would really help if you stay there. By the way, it turns out that the building we stayed in is at 87 Viale Vaticano. But to get there you have to get inside the main gate next door. Trust me it was confusing, not a typical hotel setup.
Once we got checked in, things improved. We were able to get a double room (separate beds) for me and my wife, a triple room for my daughters, and a single room for my mother. There may be a surcharge for single rooms.
There is nothing fancy about the rooms but ours all had private baths. It is worth mentioning again how clean everything is.
Breakfast is included but very modest. Coffee, juice, rolls, jam, cheese. Just enough to get jump started.
The whole place is very peaceful and the nuns were very nice. A lot of the difficulties we had were because of our inability to speak the local language. So if you speak Italian (or Spanish) you will be fine. Also, if you are flexible and willing to communicate creatively you will also be fine.
We would go back and we highly recommend this accommodation to anyone looking for a nice, safe, clean, reasonably priced stay near the Vatican.

  • Stayed February 2011, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Stockholm, Sweden
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10 reviews 10 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
12 helpful votes 12 helpful votes
“Accomodation for your soul”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 May 2009
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people found this review helpful

San Giuseppe Della Montagna is a clean, cheap and nice hostel right outside the Vatican wall. It's perfect for anyone who wants a quiet, solemn place to rest between trips around Rome! Service is excellent, breakfast simple but good (the coffee is excellent!) and the environments are very relaxing, even spiritual. The sisters have a nice garden, where guests can hang out, and you can also use the chapel for prayer or participate in Mass.

Rooms are small, simple (this is after all a convent so there's no radio, no TV, just a phone) and very clean.

Location is great, especially if you're on a pilgrimage - you can't get much closer to the Vatican and St Peter's Basilica! But if you want to leave that area there are buses and tube stations quite near.

YOu can also find a very good internet café just about 250 meters away - it's cheap and well functional for anyone who needs to take care od some business while in Rome.

  • Stayed April 2009, travelled solo
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Bodoe
2 reviews
Reviews in 2 cities Reviews in 2 cities
8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
“If you don't expect to much, this is a good place to stay”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 February 2008
5
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Stayed from the 4. of January to the 9. with a group of 15 people. The rooms were clean, good beds. The bathroom was also clean. No TV (It's part of a monastary). My room was away from the street, and very quiet. The traffic is not heavy, so the others were not troubled by noice.
The breakfast is included, but just coffee, buns and jam. And some kind of thick juice.

If you don't expect to much, this is a very nice place to stay. It's also on the same road as the entrance to The Vatican Museum. Just 150 metres further up.

I am not going to stay there if I'm going with my husband, but if we're a group of ten to twenty people, I will try to book rooms here again.

  • Liked — Clean and quiet
  • Disliked — Breakfast
  • Stayed January 2008
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“TROPPO CARO PER QUELLO CHE OFFRE”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 January 2011
2
people found this review helpful
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  • Stayed January 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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Viale Vaticano 88, 00165 Rome, Italy
Price range (per night):* INR6,966

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