The Hotel Italia is a very nice hotel, once you find it. It's located near (about 15 minutes by foot) from the Termini train station. (We took public transportation from Ciampino airport, so I may have been a little fed up with navigating.) Just make sure you have a map with you. The hotel is very clean and the staff is very freindly and helpful. They suggested a few really good authentic Italian restaurants in the area that weren't touristy and were very helpful with directions. The rooms are rather large and very comfortable and quiet. It's also about 100 meters from a bus stop that takes you to most of the attractions. On a nice day the you also will be able to walk to many of them without a problem.
This is certainly one of the best 2 star hotels I've ever stayed in. Definitally will stay here again...now that I know where it is.
I stayed there for 1 night and it was a very unpleasant experience. Very small and uncomfortable room. There was no window, only some kind of way out to an patio full of garbage.On 6:30 in the morning some employees that walked in the patio waked me up. The location is acceptable, but definitely could be much better. It is not really close to main places of interest. Bottom line - better to pay 20-30 euro more and receive normal conditions.
This hotel was really neat. Actually I thought it was more of a pensione as there were people living there as well. There were two parts to the hotel and you had to ring the bell for reception, get buzzed in, walk up three flights of stairs and then your actual room was across the street! It did cost money to use the antique elevator so we walked up and down stairs. We stayed on the third floor so it wasn't too bad and with the way we ate it wasn't a bad thing. The room was smallish and I couldn't get a good shot of it but it did have a balcony so you could leave the doors to that open and get a breeze. We enjoyed the hotel the bed was comfortable, the shower facilities were modern and the staff spoke English and could provide maps and dinner recommendations.
