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Ancient Romance
Via Ottaviano, 9, Rome, Lazio

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 24 out of 74 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 31 out of 74 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 12 out of 74 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 74 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 74 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our room is not the.same on the pocture. The room is too small. Not so much Amenities. Shower area have no non slip mat, over all i.am disappointed on this property. The only good thing about this property is only walkoing distance to the Vaticsn City. And close to everything.
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Stacy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great room for the price! Excellent Location!
These rooms are located in a prime location. Less than 2 blocks from the enterance of the Vatican and two blocks from the subway station. We also visited the Coloseum and it was super easy to get there from our room via the subway. Michael checked us in and was super helpful with directions, places to eat and other recommendations. Room was small but clean and suited us just fine. Good room for the money.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

Trace

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Both rooms in our apartment look nothing like the advertise picture. Very clean but very dated. Bathrooms in the apartments were smelly and very noisy. Fantastic location for everything to visit, metro station at the top of the road.if u are looking for a budget,clean room it’s spot on.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Dave, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely clean and comfortable room with very helpful staff
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Comfortable enough, good location
Central location close to the Vatican and public transit. Restaurants and grocery close and open late. Room functional but not super comfortable (small shower, bed not great) but with AC. Check in a little tricky especially if arriving late. Overall, solid place in Rome.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Gene, Ohio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice room with perfect location. I would definitely stay here again. Highly recommended!
Stayed 6 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

Carlos , Brasil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice B&B very close to the Vatican
Clean room and spacious. Close to the metro and the Vatican. A quiet place.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2018

6/10 Okay

Mr Guiseppe, New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
If you are arriving early in the morning this might not be the place for you. I arrived from the airport at 6.15am luckily someone buzzed me in as it was raining, I then sat on the office step until 8am when the office opened. On the big plus side as my room was empty they let me check in then with out any extra charges. Big Thumbs Up for that.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Well-located Accomodation
This is a great place to stay if you aren't planning to stay inside the room for a large portion of the day.It's located closeby the metro and of course the Vatican. The elevator within the B&B is fantastic since the location is on the 5th floor of the building.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay in Roma!
The hotel was close to the Vatican & wonderful shopping & food & entertainment! The staff was very helpful.

6/10 Okay

dick and joyce, today florence it

Liked: Cleanliness
Considering the budget we had to work within, this hotel provided all of the necessary requirements we needed including private bath, hair dryer, air conditioner, room safe and a lift. The fact that it is 1 block from the Vatican was a real plus. The complimentary breakfast is fresh fruit, packaged cookies, croissants, fresh coffee and assorted teas; this could use some improvement. It is convenient to the Metro rail system. The area has many good restaurants and souvenir shops. Angela was a major provider our needs and the desk staff provided us with directions. The room was small but adequate.

8/10 Good

ANTHONY, edinburgh

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Rome stay
Hotel was pleasant enough but just basic

8/10 Good

The Millers, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great location in Rome
Fantastic location so close to St Peter's Square, Metro, Hop on Hop off Buses and plenty of restaurants. Mix up with the number of rooms booked still to sort out with Hotels.com and be aware of the 2 Euro per person per night government tax on top of your room price - this tourist tax is charged for every night that you stay in Rome. The apartment we stayed in was very clean and spacious and it is a quirky B&B where you are completely independent. We enjoyed our stay.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great location close to the Vatican and buses

8/10 Good

gigi & andy, QLD, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place and convenient location
We stayed at Ancient Romance in September 2013. I've never been to Rome before and when I walked in was quite amused at the reception. I think I expected more as I thought we were in somebody's home. But we were pleasantly surprised with our room. It was really great. Great bathroom as well and very comfy bed. The location is excellent! The staff were professional and were in contact with us before our arrival. Really a great place to stay at!
Hanging out the washing
Entry to Ancient Romance Building

10/10 Excellent

Susan, San Diego, CA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location for visiting Vatican City
Wish we could have stayed longer! The staff were extremely helpful and stored our luggage upon our arrival since our room wasn't ready and helped us get settled later that day. The location is PRIME for visiting Vatican City - short walk away with lots of restaurants nearby. Endless souvenir possibilities. There's even a 'flea market' of sorts near the "Sleeping Romance" units. GREAT DEALS. The room was beautiful and very comfortable. No street noise from our room. Things to keep in mind: shaky elevator, small shower, high-carb continental breakfast (pastries and cereals), and (for us) a very complicated coffee maker. There is a McCafe less than a block away which worked out perfectly. We needed airport service on departure and had a wonderful, prompt driver get us there right on time. Thank you, Ancient Romance, for a wonderful stay. We hope to be back one day.

10/10 Excellent

Lou, Seattle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
good B&B close to Vatican.
Very friendly staff. The only downside was for my elderly parents as the hotel's elevator does not go to 5th floor and entrance is on the sixth floor. Staff very helpful with arrangements, transfers and tips. Room comfort was okay as it took a while to get the room cooled down during a 100+ degree day in room. Shower was small but water flow/temp great. Good place for younger travelers on a budget.

6/10 Okay

Steve, Minneapolis

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Right near Vatican.
Family of 5 slept comfortably. Nice location to tour Vatican. Near subway station. Less expensive accommodations but adequate. Staff was very peripheral but sincere. Locally recommended restaurant ("Isola") conned us into a 45 euro appetizer. Continental breakfast was some meat and cheese plus some prefab croussants. We did have an espresso machine, though, and my daughter made some delicious lattes with the coffee pods provided.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great 3 night break
Extremely close to the Vatican City, just around the corner. The room was very clean and comfortable, had a fantastic view from the window. Less than a 5 minute walk to the nearest tube station for easy access to the train station and other sights. Staff's recommendation for dinner was brilliant - bustling, authentic family restaurant with lots of Italians eating there, good food, good service and good atmosphere. Breakfast is a simple help yourself affair of cold meats, cheese, bread, cereal etc. Not the most exciting breakfast in the world but the freedom of getting up to help yourself whenever you wanted and taking it back to your room to eat by the window made up for it. There isn't a sign for the B&B on the entrance door as it is a residential building, so make sure to look for the street number instead of the B&B name, and as you enter the building you will see the sign - 6th floor and the front door has a sign. We'd definitely stay here again.

10/10 Excellent

Stella

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
La-Dolce Vita
We stayed here for 7 nights for our honeymoon. Everything was good, the neighbourhood was safe. The only thing is that the location of hotel is a bit far from the city center, however city center can be easily accessed via bus or train over there. Will recommend.

10/10 Excellent

Victor, Moscow, Russia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything you need!
Very nice location, not a city center, but very close to Vatican and the shopping streets. Everyday cleaning and new towels. Simple breakfast. The b&b staff was very kind. Recommend the family owned pizzeria "L'Isola della pizza" 2 blocks away. Tasty and cheap.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent and very Friendly Staff
We just stayed from one night what I regret because we like that very much. But if you have problems to sleep with noise you need earplugs. Giorgio and Angela wonderful people, very friendly. They make you really to fill welcome.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic hotel!
Very clean, great & helpful staff, WONDERFUL location - right by the entrance to the Vatican, and 50 metres away from the Ottaviano Metro station

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
italy tour
the b and b had a lot of breakfasts choices .desk was very helful nice place to stay close to vatican walking distance and bus route....

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Great location
Overall I can recommend this but in my rulebook hotelstays in Rome is overpriced in central locations. We got a two rom and kitchenette in a BB appartment. We had the impression that the comple house was an hotel overlooking the Vatican but that was not the case. Instead this was four appartments on the top floor on a sidestreet. Too much money compared to value.

10/10 Excellent

Kristen, California, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved Ancient Romance
Our stay here was amazing!! We had never stayed in a bed and breakfast and were pleasantly surprised. When we checked in we were brought to a different building but I think it turned out to be a lot quiter and less crowded. The man that checked us in was very helpful and showed us on a map the best things to do, and easiest ways to get to them. The room was great it was a real double bed! Plenty of hot water, showers were small but in italy they all were. I loved how you could bring breakfast back to your room or eat it in the kitchen. Turned out to be our favorite stay of our trip and even cost a little less upon checkout than we expected. we booked through expedia but they take payment upon departure. Cash was easy to get and went smoothly.

10/10 Excellent

Joanne, New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great experience
Ancient Romance is in a great location, the area is very lively and convenient to the Vatican and transport. There are many good eating places and shopping nearby. The staff were friendly and helpful, our room was clean and comfortable and I would recommend this hotel without any reservations.

10/10 Excellent

Frequent travel, Heidelberg Germany

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff was great! Great location!
We arrived in Rome early and the our room wasn't ready, but the guy at the reception area was great and gave us our keys (while the lady was cleaning) and told us to go ahead and go sightseeing and he would place our bags in our room when she was completed! We also had a problem with our luggage when riding a bus from airport to the hotel, and the reception guy made calls and truly helped us tremendously! The room was typical european style room with shower, but we spent little time in the room and it's location was fantastic. The breakfast was ok, but there are literally 3-4 coffee places in the 1 block radius of the B&B where you could sit on the street and enjoy your breakfast!

8/10 Good

Brandon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Brandon
Stayed for one night before we boarded the cruise ship, was a perfect place to stay for spending the day at the Vatican. Found an awesome restaurant near by for dinner, modern italian cuisine - found it on trip advisor.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Uitstekende ligging, nabij het vaticaan, nabij metrostation. Leuke eettentjes om de hoek, geweldig.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2019

2/10 Terrible

Sergey

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Accueil chaleureux... et c'est tout. Vu le prix, on ne s'attendait pas à exceptionnel mais quand même. Si vous cherchez juste un lit correct, vous l'avez trouvé. Le titre annonce B&B mais n'y comptez pas, les petits-déjeuner ne sont pas compris, il s'agit d'un Bed&Bathroom d'après le réceptionniste (les lois italiennes ne régissant pas ce genre de location, ils font un peu ce qu'ils veulent). Pour le reste, la chambre est tout juste propre, la salle de bain poussiéreuse et sent l'humidité. Les fenêtres sont vieilles et ferment mal. Quand à la kitchenette qui à première vue corrige l'absence de petit-déjeuner, ne vous y trompez pas car si elle n'est pas décrite dans la réservation c'est parce qu'elle est inutilisable ! En avisant une machine à café et une bouilloire, nous avions fait nos courses en conséquence et bien mal nous en a pris : les machines doivent dater de Néron si l'on en croit le centimètre de calcaire qui accroche le fond (et je n'exagère rien). Merci pour l'eau chaude marron et les petits cailloux :) Pas de couverts, pas d'assiette, pas de torchon seulement 2 tasses à café et sans rien pour faire la vaisselle. Il y avait bien là un microonde (qui a sauvé la première partie de notre séjour) mais en plein milieu, il nous a été retiré sans explications et impossible de le récupérer ! Comme solution, ils nous proposent de faire 5 étages pour venir réchauffer nos plats... Ça pourrait être mille fois mieux avec peu de moyens, c'est vraiment dommage.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Michele on Dec 3, 2019
Cher client, il n’est pas nécessaire de se cacher derrière l’anonymat pour un simple commentaire. Cependant, nous répondons en détail: le petit-déjeuner est inclus si vous choisissez le tarif du petit-déjeuner, mais comme vous avez choisi un tarif sans petit-déjeuner, le Le petit déjeuner n'était évidemment pas inclus. Simple. La cuisine que vous voyez sur les photos est un espace commun disponible pour les clients, mais elle n’est pas utilisée pour des poêles pour des raisons de sécurité et, comme vous l’avez bien écrit, elle n’est pas annoncée précisément parce qu’elle ne peut pas être utilisée comme cuisine normale, mais seulement comme un espace commun où vous pouvez prendre une tasse de thé ou de café, nous ne comprenons donc pas le sens du commentaire, sauf que nous sommes honnêtes de ne pas vendre ce que nous n'offrons pas. Honnêtement, je laisse tous les autres commentaires, car ils ne reflètent pas l’état de la situation et se contentent de lire les commentaires des autres clients pour comprendre la vraie qualité de notre structure, qui est un b & b et non un restaurant libre-service. Bonsoir

10/10 Excellent

Tina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
posizione formidabile, stanza carina e silenziosa, bagno buono
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Molto pulito personale disponibile, camera silenziosa
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Super Unterkunft. Tolle Lage. Einziges Manko die Dusche da der Duschkopf nicht befestigt werden konnte ansonsten alles tipptopp
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Cambio biancheria e pulizie quotidiane, scadente l ascensore
Stayed 10 nights in May 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Michele on May 5, 2019
Difficile rispondere agli anonimi che lasciano un semplice voto senza alcuna indicazione ulteriore. Buona fortuna!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hyvä b & b
Pieni, siisti ja erittäin hiljainen majoituspaikka vanhassa talossa. Ihan huippusijainti Pietarin kirkon vieressä. Erittän ystävällinen, rento ja avulias henkilökunta
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Claudia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comodidade
Do lado do vaticano, próximo de estação de metrô, cama e banheiro confortáveis.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Room comfort
Bon
Très proche du Vatican, du métro et pourtant calme
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Check in rapido, gentilezza, pulizia, bella camera
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Aleksandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bardzo miły hotelik. Czysto, kolorowo i cicho. Pokój był codziennie sprzątany. Miejsce blisko Watykanu. Bardzo dobry punkt wypadowy do zwiedzania Rzymu.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Fernanda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Elaine, Delft, The Netherlands

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Location does matter
It's a walking distance to all the places you want to see in the Vatican City and nearby. It's close to the Metro if you want to travel to the City Centre. Reasonably quiet and safe area. Friendly & helpful staff. They can arrange your airport transfers and tours if you ask in advance. Clean towels every day!
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfekte Lage
Das Hotel liegt direkt am Vatikan und in unmittelbarer Nähe zur Metro Station (obwohl theoretisch alles zu Fuß in der City zu erreichen ist, ist es manchmal schöner seinem Ziel mit der Metro näher kommen zu können) Es gibt diverse Essensmöglichkeiten und Minimarkets in direkter Nähe. Es war sehr sauber und alles wichtige war vorhanden. Einzig negativer Aspekt war die Hellhörigkeit der Räume, was sich jedoch nur auf den Flur (für 3 Zimmer) und die Leitungsgeräusche des Nachbarbads bezieht.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hervorragende Lage
Sehr nettes Team! Schneller Check in! Das Zimmer bietet alles was man braucht. Der Preis war in Ordnung. Die Sauberkeit ist excellent. Die Lage ist sehr gut, die Innenstadt ist einer Viertelstunde zu Fuß zu erreichen, der Vatikan ist nur ein paar Gehminuten entfernt. Einkaufsmöglichkeiten sind in der Umgebung auch vorhanden.

6/10 Okay

Giacomo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
vicino al vaticano
zona sicura vicino al vaticano, buona pulizia buon personale però le camere avevano tutte qualche problema per esempio alcune volte non usciva l'acqua calda però tutto sommato lo consiglio per la sua ottima posizione