I visited Marino for a wedding in July, where the bride made accommodations at this hotel. The first thing you notice is the stunning view of Lake Albano from the hotel entrance! The rooms are very comfortable and clean! The breakfast offered lots of variety! The pool was perfect place to keep cool in the nice summer heat. Most importantly, Alessandro (Front Desk) made sure that each guest had everything they needed! He was the perfect host to me as well as the other guest. I would definitely stay at this hotel when visiting this area!!

a nice quite place ,mostley for couples or mature people , i believe there was only few families during my 2 weeks stay , lake view during fullmoon was just undiscribable ! awesome view with no lights around but the moon's. the reflection of the moon on the lake at night was so nice, i felt like i would become a warewolf any second if i was alone .
the workeres are helpful and polite , all of them ,no exceptions .
didn't like the t.v channels , all italian no foreign channels ( english).
i liked the quietness of the area and the swimming pool is just great.
thanks

This hotel is great as a base for touring the area and also for relaxing. Far enough from Rome for peace and quiet but close enough to see all the sites.
My room was very large and very comfortable - the hotel is very clean and the rooms a serviced every day. The staff at reception are very helpful and friendly. They provided me with lots of information about how to get around the area, bus and train timetables, where to eat etc.
The pool area is small but very clean and relaxing.
The hotels restaurant has a good buffet breakfast with a nice selection, and a choice of coffees and teas, with freshly made espresso and cappucinos. It's not open for dinner but that doesnt really matter - the best food in italy is where the italians eat! And there are plenty of good restaurants within easy reach.
I didnt have a car but this wasn't a problem. The hotel arranged for collection from Ciampino airport - on time, easy to arrange and cheaper than a taxi. There are good bus services allowing for connection by train into the heart of Rome.
The hotel is between the two towns of Castel Gandolfo and Marino with very nice restaurants. You can walk in 20-30 minutes. Its a bit hilly (but then Rome is built on 7 hills!) - that just gives a good excuse for another gelati! Last bus from Castel Gandolfo is 23.30pm - so no problem with a nice evening out. Dont think that it will be party central - its just a nice little country place where real italians live.
The Pope holidays here but its all very low key - except Sundays for the month when he's in residence there but otherwise its very relaxing and just locals and a few stray toursists.

Before you go do a little research on the web to see where you would like to visit.
The local bus service is Cotral. In Rome you have the choice of buses and metro from Rome Termini. There are open top buses - between €20-€25 for hop on hop off - or the 110 which is a public tour bus. In Rome Termini station the tourist information area will give you plenty of advice for using the local transport. If you want to visit somewhere like the Borghese - check online before you go as you may need to book in advance - but its worth it.
Bus fares are €1 and the train is €1.90.
Locally all the restaurants are good - but note that they shut about 3.30pm - so have pizza.
On the way from the hotel to Marino - look out for a little place on the right hand side of the road just at the base of the hill. There is no sign but it sells local naturally sparkling water and lovely local wine from large vats.

One hazard - the black cat! Lucky - unless you fall over her! She insists on lying on the black mat in the entrance of the hotel.

we stayed here for 2 nights and the service was atrocious. There was no food on offer when we arrived (which was at about 1pm, normal Itaian lunch time!) - the only thing they could offer wasa microwaved sandwich which quite honestly left a lot to be desired... the rooms were small and not very clean, we had booked 2 doubles use as singles so we would have plenty of space but we may aswell have booked singles, since there was not enough room to even open the sutcases properly and store them. The pool area was tacky and quite dirty as were the public toilets in that area. Whenever we needed assistance we had to go and seacrh for the staff there was never anyone visibly on duty. A guest who checked out in front of us was complaining about the same things PLUS he had booked a taxi through them and it had cost him €60 to Ciampino airport, which is totally overpriced considering the airport is a 10 min drive away. Never again!!!!!