Thankfully we read Filamblogger's review before we went and we were able to locate the hotel easily. Website needs updating to let others know where to find it.

Good location, reasonably priced restaurants close by. Public transport easily accessed at Termini. Within walking distance of many of the major sights.

Staff always polite and friendly at reception and at breakfast. If you don't like the coffee from the 'machine' the lady behind the bar will make you a fresh espresso etc.

Room 510 was quite spacious, very clean but 'shabby'.

We stayed in this hotel from February 7 to 14 and then overnight on February 21. It is located on Via Principe Amedeo near the Termini or train station. This is a 2 star hotel so don't expect luxurious accommocations.

On the negative side, the room was small and spartan (of course), the elevator old, and the linens and towels smelled like vinegar. Plus, the neighborhood seemed quite seedy and dangerous to walk around at night with men congregating at some corners but we also saw plenty of tourists. The hotel itself was hard to locate. Hotel Fiorini is on the fifth floor of the building and the hotel reception desk and facade showed Hotel Serena but they do service Fiorini. Re TV, it was all in Italian except for the mostly british broadcast of CNN.

On the positive side, the location was very convenient. It is next to restaurants, shopping, minimarkets, other small hotels including Hotel California across the street and internet centers (they call them internet points with phone booths for cheap overseas calls). Four doors away was a laundromat with internet so it's surfing with washing. Next door was an sexy loungerie shop and around the corner was a nice family restaurant. The hotel is 2 blocks to the Termini and walking distance to the majestic Colosseum and the Santa Maria Maggiore church whose ceiling is gold! The staff were helpful and courteous and spoke good English, the breakfast was OK (croissants, ham, cheese, bread, coffee and juices) and served at the 2nd floor, and the hallways and room appeared clean.

The hotel was packaged for us by Air France as we had booked rail passes to Venice for our ferry ride to Ischia where we had timeshare accomodations. So they chose this hotel that is close to the Termini.

For its price (under 80 euros in winter), it is a good place to rest and have breakfast (for 2) before your daily adventure throughout the city of Rome.