We had actually booked into B&B Emanuele (after looking at positive web reviews) but due to unexplained 'technical problems' we were given a room here instead. We had to follow a woman who spoke no english (and I speak no italian) and ended up at Chiara Stella.

This was my 3rd time in 3 yrs I've been to Rome and I was really disappointed with the area and accommodation. 3rd time unlucky I suppose!

I was travelling with my Sister who is 6 months pregnant, and were looking forward to a relaxing peaceful long weekend seeing the sights and enjoying the food and warmth.

Our room (No.103)was ok in size and was admittedly nice and clean, but the noise!! We were on the street side (Via Croce in Geruselemme), which is a major road, and boy, you didn't half notice it! If you know Rome, you will know how they like to use their horns and drive very fast 24rs a day!!

And the bed! One side of the bed was very comfortable, the other had springs sticking in you at every angle.

The area felt unsafe. I have always stayed around te Termini area and found no problems and always felt quite safe (I live in London so I'm quite used to City living), but this area was badly lit full of grafitti and men just hanging around unnervingly. We ended up getting taxis back every night, whereas we would have walked or got the Metro normally, but all felt a bit too scary.

Another issue is that Manzoni tube station is being rennovated so our nearest station was Vittorio Emanuele. But at no point were we given this information. But this led to it also being a really tricky area to get a cab. We couldn't find any Taxi bays and ended up going into El Presidente Hotel and ordering cabs from there (don't think they realised we weren't staying there!)

Rome is beautiful though, just don't stay at this B&B or in the area.

The owner Mr Giovanni is very nice and he even picked us up at the Termini station.
We arrived rather late and he offered us some croissants and drinks in case we were hungry. Everything looked really new and good. It was very clean as well, and not noisy at all. The owners are very kind people, but they speak little English, which is no big problem.
I really loved the place and it is good value for money. You feel at home immediately.