De La Ville Intercontinental: Luxury Near Spanish Steps
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By koalaperhe on March 11, 2005
Executive Suite, bedroom
by koalaperhe
With a small lobby, quite small rooms (well this is Rome) this might not be the best option near the Steps, but rooms here are very good condition (tried the basic rooms and suite) they seem to be recently renovated.. all the TV/media services are now digital etc. Also a great buffet american breakfast and excellent service. Highly recommended.
De La Ville Intercontinental: Go Ahead and Splurge
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By OnTheRoadGoombah on April 11, 2007
This is the one luxury hotel that I actually paid for and wasn't reimbursed for business and well worth it. I would splurge and stay here again.
When we arrived, our room wasn't ready, so we grabbed some lunch down the street. When we checked in, the hotel sent up a fruit basket and bottle of champagne as an apology for our inconvenience.
As I remember, the hotel bar wasn't the best, but the breakfast was very good.
Also, if you have a chance, go up to the top floor and head out on the terrace. You get a great view of Rome and Saint Peters.
The terrace is only one of the hightlights of this 4-star hotel.
De La Ville Intercontinental: Ask for special breakfast rate, save €20 each am
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By garville on May 7, 2008
Very very disappointing for a four/five star hotel. There are only four rooms in this hotel that are worth the staying in. The honeymoon suit €€€ or one of the three rooms with terraces, the remainder are extremely ordinary and not worth it. Regarding the service, we met staff members on the first day but never again, e.g. gave the porter €20 tip for looking after bags on arrival, asked for bags to be bought to lobby on check-out and were completely ignored, we had to carry bags down six floors! The hotel has lots of ways of extracting extra money from you, if you're not checking every transaction - you must ask for a special breakfast rate and if you don't they charge you €33 for breakfast instead of €22! I needed to open a single email and print it off at reception, they charged €23! The location is not terrific at all. You may be beside the famous Spanish Steps, but when you have to climb them everytime you want to go anywhere the steps loose their appeal completely. This hotel may have been worthy of a four/five star award a decade ago but its certainly not worth even a three star award at present. DO NOT STAY HERE ROME HAS BETTER HOTELS TO OFFER.
