I chose this place because of its location and it was perfect for me. It's a very short walk (down hill) to the Barberini Metro stop. Sistina Bar - down the street - has great pannini. It's a few blocks to the Spanish Steps and the food/shopping venues there. There's a place to use the internet on Via Zucceli, at the bottom of the street.

The nuns do not speak fluent English, although the sister in charge, Suore Vanda, speaks Spanish and Italian. The nuns and lay staff I met were very friendly. The accommodations are very clean.

The accommodations are modest, as was the price. My room was small, with a bed, night table, desk and chair and wardrobe. Rooms on the street will be noisy so bring your ear plugs. The ensuite bath was new and had the largest shower I've ever seen in Italy. Heat and hot water was plentiful. There was plenty of space for toiletries and the mirror was well lighted for applying makeup.

The elevator is tiny and while automatic, requires manual door opening upon entering and leaving.

The included breakfast was modest but good. Large roll with butter and jam and coffee with hot milk. I noticed one family brought their children's favorite cereal and cocoa.

I would stay here again.

My husband and I stayed at the convent of Le Suore di Lourdes in May of 2009. We chose it for it’s location and because we wanted to see what it was like staying in a convent. I tried to find out before we went what it was really like staying in a convent and couldn’t find out much about it. I was confused why no one really wrote about them, so I thought I’d give it a go… I wasn’t going to spend a huge amount of time in the room anyway.

I get it now… I am now “in the know” and I was basically over-thinking the whole thing. Putting it simply, you will either like staying in a convent or you won’t. You simply have to “be” the type of person who would enjoy a staying in an old convent with a bunch of nuns… It’s hard to explain it any other way.

You do NOT have to be Catholic to stay at a convent… but I admit that 8 years of Catholic schooling gave me an advantage of being more at ease with the nuns than my husband (who was in a bit of awe of them). The nuns really don’t speak English, but they are very friendly and very nice. Of course, knowing a little bit of French or Italian will help you out a quite bit. As in most foreign countries… if you try, they will try too! I really enjoyed the nuns of Le Suore di Lourdes, especially Suore Varda. One day I accidentally reverted to Spanish when I was saying something to Suore Varda and it turns out she lived in South America for a number of years and we were able to communicate just fine, she was a very funny woman!

Again, this is a convent… the rooms are far from fancy, there are no marital beds, no air conditioning, you have to be buzzed-in and buzzed-out of the front door and there is no messing around when it comes to the curfew. If you are even slightly picky about your hotels or have ‘issues’ with Catholicism, this most likely is not the place for you.

To the rest of you reading this… the rooms are incredibly clean, the ensuite bathroom is modern, the convent is blissfully quiet (at least from our experience on the courtyard side) and the location is great… all for 75 euros a night. The convent of Le Suore di Lourdes is a safe place to stay at a reasonable price. Our fellow guests were largely comprised of Europeans and we really appreciated the multicultural experience that afforded us. The convent serves a unique, hollow roll for breakfast and they are delicious! The convent has an old fashioned, two-man elevator that I thought was pretty cool, but you had to open two doors, close both doors for it to work and then repeat the process so that the next person can “call” it. We ended up using it only when we had our luggage, otherwise we took the stairs (making sure to take a right at the Mary with Baby Jesus statue for our floor).

Our only complaints were:
* The doors to the hallway on our floor had a large amount of opaque glass in it. Our across-the-hall neighbor was evidently afraid of the dark and kept her light on ALL NIGHT LONG… for three nights in a row! We had to rig our towel across the glass to get some sleep (ugh)!
* Breakfast consisted of coffee or tea and the ONE delicious roll… we wished it was a bit more substantial.
* We wished there was a soda machine in the lobby (I know it is a convent… we were JUST wishing is all!)

My husband and I were quite happy with our choice to stay at this convent; we felt it added to our “Rome experience” and we had a lovely stay. I do not think I will ever forget the beautiful sound of the nuns singing in Mass every morning....

My wife and I along with another couple stayed here in Oct/08. We wanted somewhere central to the touristy areas, and this location was perfect. We could walk to everywhere, including the often overlooked Villa Borghese park, museum and zoo. Our friends' room was on the street side of the first floor and was noisy. However, their room was huge. Our room was on the 4th floor in the back so was as quiet as they come, but quite a bit smaller, which was fine by us. Both rooms were spotless, and had clean modern private bathrooms. The halls were quiet at night, mainly because of the 10:30 curfew. Many hall lights were motion activated so no dark hallways. We never took the elevator, but there is a small one. Although they don't advertise it they do have wireless internet access, just make sure to face the courtyard for best reception. The nuns were very nice, but few spoke English, but it's Italy so why would they? How many innkeepers in English countries speak a foreign language?

The only drawback was breakfast. They advertise that breakfast is included, and it is, but it's coffee/tea plus a hollow roll. We still can't figure out how they can make a softball sized roll that's completely hollow.

Well worth the 75 Euros to be right downtown in a clean and quiet room.

Spent three nights here. The rooms have everything you would need, single comfortable bed, sink, table and chair, wardrobe, bedside locker. Good quality towels supplied. Our rooms were at the front of the building and a bit noisy late at night. The bathrooms are spotless and the showers are ok. No television and no public sitting room that I saw. Any one who has ever spent time at a convent school will feel completely at home here. There were families, couples and singles staying. The breakfast was the only real drawback - one white roll and coffee but that can easily be compensated for in any coffee shop nearby. The location close to the top of the Spanish Steps and the cost of 35 euros a night are difficult to argue with. After all, who goes to Rome to spend time in your room.