i read a review about the hotel here in tripadvisor..the hotel , or residence, was a bit too small for our family. we were a party of 3 yet the triple room was too small for us. plus , the elevator was too tiny to even carry a single person . we had trouble carrying our luggage from the ground floor up to the second floor where the residence is . also , make sure to take with you earplugs. the main street AL Corso was very crowded and even at early hours of morning , trash trucks were so noisy , and street cleaners were going and coming like a million times a night. it was crazy .
other than that the breakfast is good , great coffee and croissants. the cleaness is good and the workers are very friendly.

My husband and I stayed at the Residenza Al Corso in September 2006. As we had booked the hotel on-line and this was our first time in Rome, we didn;t know what to expect.
We were delighted with the Residenza. The management was very welcoming and helpful. The hotel is small and very quaint with spacious and extremely clean rooms.

The location is just about perfect. It is minutes away from almost every attraction: minutes from the Spanish steps, Trevi fountain, pantheon. It takes about 20 minutes to the Colosseum and Vatican City. Also Via Del Corso is an excellent street for shopping and always full of activity. Despite the constant activity, our room which faced the back of the street was extremely quiet.

Our trip to rome was absolutely wonderful and a large part of that was due to our accomodations. We would definitely go back to the Residenza if we are lucky enough to visit Rome again.

ROME: we were in Rome for 8 nights. We stayed at the Residenza al Corso, #18 via del Corso 00186. Their email is -----, look for Mr. Carlito Monge. I don’t know if they have a website up already, but they didn’t when I booked the room. This place offers great value for money – it’s about a 10 minute leisurely stroll from Via Condotti (which we all know opens up to the Spanish steps.) It’s literally 20 steps from the Piazza del Popolo of the twin Basilicas. There’s a bus stop right across the street too (Bus 117 which goes down Via del Corso towards the Colloseo, Piazza de Venezia, San Giovanni in Laterano, etc.) A new, convenient route we discovered was to go to the Vatican from this hotel, all we needed to do was go to the Piazza del Popolo, take the Regina Margherita bridge and onto Cola di Rienzo (a shopping street too!) – at most a 20-minute walk to the Vatican. All in all, this hotel was a great location from practically every important tourist destination in Rome. For easy reference, it’s the 2nd floor of the building of the Casa di Goethe Museum. And yes, there is an elevator.

The rooms are of adequate size, and the bathrooms are pretty big. All very clean, they even change your sheets everyday. I liked that I could smell pinesol after they cleaned out the bathrooms! Buffet breakfast of cereals, cookies, assorted warm breads, jams and butter, milk, juice, fruits, yoghurt, and freshly made, excellent cappuccinos. Service was great too. Only catch was that they didn’t have cable tv, but that didn’t really matter as we were out the whole day anyway. I would not think twice about booking with them in the future.