My partner and I stayed here for 2 weeks and had a great time. As other reviews have said, this is a basic hotel (small rooms, basic furnishing, no elevator) but the bed was comfortable, the room clean and the owners very friendly. Unlike some other small hotels like this, the owners don't try to skimp on the small things (good quality toilet paper, 2 bath sheets each, as much food at breakfast as you want and so on). Breakfast was very generous by Italian standards as it included cheese, salami and ham. There was Hero jam, Nutella and generous amounts of butter and most days we could help ourselves from a bowl of fresh fruit. I didn't find the neighbourhood at all unsavoury. Via Bixio is a quiet street with little traffic though pedestrian traffic (with talking) starts early. It's about a 15 walk to the Coliseum and only 2 blocks from the Metro, so the location is good. If you stay here, 2 things to know. One is that if you arrive at Termini Station (the airport train arrives here), take the Giovanni Giolitti exit which is right where the airport train arrives and you'll save yourself a lot of walking. And the 810 bus from right outside the Manzoni Metro station (2 blocks) takes you right to the centre of things past the Coloseum and Forum to Piazza Venezia.
Room Tip: Rooms on the first floor are closer to the door buzzer (but with only 9 rooms it doesn't go off...
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