Pornello Vacations from $754

The main advantage of the hotel is that it is fairly central to the Rome City Centre, near a lovely park. Many listed hotels tend to be in the outer edge of Rome. Expect a 20E taxi to the Colliseum / shopping areas or a 20min walk through the park daytime only to Metro, which is an amazing 1.5E standard fare. The hotel is historically a former private school, and has large rooms, with high ceilings, in a traditional building. The rooms are not modern, being a traditional building, but the kitchenettes are a real plus. It has an outdoor pool (though seasonal, closed for our stay in late October). There was a good buffet continental breakfast selection. There was unfortunately a mix up with our room type, which could have been communicated better, before I entered the room to find it smaller than the one I had booked. The staff were honourable in their remedy of free mini bar and rectified the room the next day. Overall a near excellent stay, location, generous room size and very good reception and breakfast staff. End Oct 26 stay, 2 nights, family of 4.

Staff was very helpful. Rooms were very very small. Elevator is very crammed. Breakfast was very good. Good hotel for the money.

The property is only six months old so it was in excellent condition and is a fantastic renovation of the old bank building. The location is perfect and the staff are all helpful and friendly. The room was very clean with all of the amenities that you would expect in this type of hotel. The only downside/slight negative was being presented with a €65/night service charge on check out. This left a sour taste and whilst discretionary we would never refuse it as the staff were lovely, but why don’t you just include it in the rate up front and pay your staff appropriately. It shouldn’t require a fixed service charge of this nature to remunerate staff with a good wage when you charge these types of hotel rates.