Hotel Sonya

Sadly, I can’t give a review of this hotel since, while we were charged the full amount for a 3-night stay, we were not able to do so. My wife was medically evacuated from the cruise ship in Corfu, Greece in a life-threatening condition. While all other entities associated with our trip made refunds even if the date for normal cancellation had passed, this hotel refused. I hope they did i not rent out the room & receive double. When we get back to USA I plan to tell as many people as possible NOT to stay at this property unless they KNOW they will not have medical emergency!

Hotel Sonya is 10 minutes by foot from Roma Termini. We took the train from & to FCO. We were in Rome 4 days before our Mediterranean cruise & 2 days after the cruise, so we also used the train to get to Civitavecchia for $5 euro each way. Hop on Hop Off bus is right in front of Termini to explore Rome, so we took the 48H access to it. You can walk around or use the subway for $1.50 each way, to get to Vatican which is a bit of a distance, if you skip the Hop bus. We took a day trip to Venice, a 3.5h each way for $99 euro. The staff are very helpful & accommodating. Breakfast is good. There's a nice Cafe Washington nearby for affordable lunches or dinner. There's a self service laundromat nearby. The room is small, simple, clean, a bit outdated, but we're in our room to sleep. I read reviews about poor AC, but luckily we were there late October so it was cool at night, that I had to get up & turn off the AC. I felt safe in the area. There are only 2 hiccups which is not important hence I gave this review excellent; first the bathroom sink took a bit of time to drain, & I read about it in other reviews so I was expecting it. The shower drain was fine. Second ,when we checked in, the staff at the desk took a photocopy of our passport, which I know is the practice in Italy hotels. But just for conversation, I asked the staff at the desk what do they do with copiers after, and he said "we give it to the Police". Seriously, with no criminal activity? I will go back to this hotel.