What you need to remember here is this is a budget hotel, having read some other reviews they don't seem to have taken this into account as at the end of the day you get what you pay for... We stayed here for 3 nights in a triple room costing us just £22 a night each. For this we got a clean room with a bathroom right next to the Termini Station (very handy for getting the metro and buses). Our first impressions of the hotel were not great, it is situated on the second floor of an old building and after climbing up a few flights of concrete dismal looking stairs we were worried about what we had quite let ourselves in for! However the entrance to the hotel is very nice and the free internet was very useful. The staff were very friendly and spoke English well, even taught us a bit of Italian. Our room had 2 singles and a double bed, and was just big enough to fit these in plus a wardrobe and desk. One of the singles had obviously been added as there were 3 of us, but it was so uncomfortable I didn't even bother trying to sleep on it and 2 of us ended up in the double. The other 2 beds were comfortable. The bathroom was clean and functional with a nice hot shower. Yes it was not perfect, for example the toilet wasn't that easy to flush but totally acceptable for the money. The maid came in each morning and folded our pyjamas and made the beds but didn't clean the bathroom. My one disappointment about the room was the window, it looked out into a small square in the middle of the building and it really wasn't a pleasant view, the shutters were hard to open and there was a lack of natural light at times, but hey we were only there to sleep... I slept very well (having walked miles around Rome) despite the shouts of some noisey Italians heard from the small square and a rather vocal pigeon outside the window. Overall the hotel was friendly, clean and what was expected for a budget 2 star accommodation although if I go back to Rome next time I think I will spend a little more for something better.
- Urbis Hotel Rome
