My wife and I stayed at the Hotel Artorius for 3 nights over new year 2011/2012. The hotel itself is small but well appointed and the room we had was perfect for our needs (site seeing break). Our room was a double which was nicely decorated and furnished, and was a good size considering we were in the centre of Rome. The staff at the hotel were very friendly, spoke excellent English, and humoured my awful Italian! :)
The location of the hotel is brilliant as it's only about 500 metres from the Colosseum. We walked to the hotel from the central Termini on arrival but the hotel has two Metro stops very close by (Cavour which is practically on the same road as the hotel, and the Colosseum stop which is at the end of the road parallel) which makes it easilly accessible to anyone who doesn't want to walk with their luggage. The entrance to the hotel is on the street and looked very pretty with the christmas decorations up outside.
The hotel was an excellent starting point to the city and we found most locations were walkable (given a good hike) although you had the handiness of the Metro nearby if your feet started to ache. There were also a good range of restaurants on the same street as the hotel. We ate at 3 of them whilst we were there and they were all very nice.
We didn't make it for breakfast on any of the days so I can't comment on that, but we would go back to this hotel in a flash when we return to Rome due to how welcome we were made to feel, the amenities the hotel provides for the cost, and it's superb location.
- Artorius Hotel Rome
