Cozy hotel in a charming neighborhood. Conveniently close to bus and metro. Nice little grocery store next door. Staff was excellent! Maybe most importantly the bed was comfortable. read more

Beautiful hotel, will stay again. The location is so quiet and yet central to everything local. Great restaurant and cafe right down the block, two gelato places, one on each corner. The staff is amazing, i cannot recommend this hotel more. ​ read more

Nice room Clean Elevator Helpful and professional staff Nice location Air Conditioning read more

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I had a great stay at Hotel Raffaello for 2 nights in February. It was a 10-15 minute walk from the train station and conveniently located to reach many of the sights in Rome. The front desk people were very friendly and helpful. The room itself was spacious for Rome and clean. We opted to have breakfast at the hotel and they served a variety of pastries, fruit, yogurt, sliced hams and meats. Fairly standard breakfast, but in comparison to other places we stayed at, they had hot scrambled eggs and a hot meat. Overall, a great experience here. When I return to Rome, I would love to stay here again! read more

Lots of factors make this place a great choice for staying in Rome. For one, it's on a quiet, little street in Monti, an often overlooked neighborhood, and an easy walk to the Cavour transit station. Those who are able could also easily walk to Termini station or the Colosseum district. The hotel is right around the corner from Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore, which I HIGHLY recommend visiting. Other than comfortable proximity to the sights, for me the biggest perk was the continental breakfast. Rick Steves didn't say much about the hotel in his guidebook, but did however write that it had "a breakfast room fit for aristocrats." They had quite the little spread with so many pastries, cereals, juices, fruits, meats and cheeses, hard and soft-boiled eggs, and different coffees on request. A warm chocolate croissant and a cappuccino here, that's the life. As for our room, it was a good place to keep our stuff while running around the city. Not a lot of space to roam through the room, but it was clean and well air-conditioned, which made for a nice siesta in the middle of the day. Bathroom had much more room, though the shower only had space enough to stand upright beneath the spray of water. The hotel's elevator is fairly antiquated and small. Two people and their luggage can just barely make it while saying Hail Marys all along the ride. While booking online we were given lots of options for requested services. We opted for the €50 transfer from the airport and the €4-a-day mobile internet hot spots. Both you pay for when you receive them and not ahead of time. They never had the mobile hot spots, the three days we were there, as they were always rented out. Since our connecting flight was late getting us to the plane that would take us to Rome, we desperately e-mailed ahead to let the hotel know we were delayed. They got back to us right away to let us know our pick-up driver would still be waiting for us at the airport. Sure enough he was at Da Vinci in the middle of the night, looking weary and holding a sign with our name. It was a rather harrowing ride to Monti with no Fiat or pedestrian alike safe in his path. So that was our experience. I recommend Hotel Raffaello, most particularly for first-timers in Rome. read more

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Pros: The hotel and rooms are safe, clean, well sized, has A/C that works well, and within 20 min walk of main sites including Trevi Fountain, Spanish steps, 10 minute walk from the train station. It POURED rain a couple days we were here and they had complimentary good quality umbrellas by the door which we were extremely thankful for. Cons: The wifi access is terribly slow in the rooms (well at least in our room). Additionally, multiple of the staff members were unjustifiably rude during our stay. read more

Hotel has contemporary decor that offers with a good selection of Italian-American continental breakfast food items. The shower is of the traditional style that is of course on a much smaller scale compared to the U.S. It is worth it to take up their offer for the private transportation from the airport since driving around Rome is far more intense compared to Manhattan, NYC area. Yes, there was some road noise, but not as much traffic such as being located on via Cavor street where majority of it happens. Great location on the tiny street "via Urbana" where it becomes a pedestrian row of shops, businesses and near their subway. The location doesn't feel like a tourist trap which actually rather occurs closer by the Coliseum/Forum area. The walk to the Coliseum area is about 15 minutes or so, but take the scenic walk through the university. You can easily walk your carry on luggage from the hotel to the high speed train area within less than 10 minutes. Front desk staff is helpful, just ask some questions. It was nice to see that umbrellas can be borrowed from them as well. read more

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It's clean and looks nice. That's pretty much all it has going for it. Looking back we should have spent more money on a better hotel for our last stop in Italy, but hindsight is 20/20 and here we are. The mattress is rock hard, couldn't sleep at all and it made my back hurt. The shower is a joke. I'm not a big person and my elbows kept smacking the everything when shampooing read more

Hands down, our favorite hotel out of the three we visited during our Italy trip. Personnel were the friendliest we encountered during our trip. A shout out to Daniel (day) and Francesca (night) working the front desk. Daniel handled all our inquiries with suggestions/directions and helped with booking the Vatican. He went so far as to help with the coffee maker (which by he way, is available 24 hrs with occasional bakery). Francesca was great offering suggestions for dinner along with great conversation/advise in general.  The location is perfect, within walking distance from the train station. However, use google maps as the hotel site directions were a bit confusing. The hop on/hop off bus pick up was 2-3 blocks away. If you enjoy walking, most sites (except Vatican) can be reached on foot. The hotel itself is located near grocery stores, pharmacies and more restaurant choices than you can ever visit. All reasonably priced and good. We walked from the train station, but took a hotel recommended taxi on our return to the airport (50 euros flat fee), which was a good decision with an early international flight out. The room was a good size. We had a walk out balcony (Urbana side) which was totally unexpected. Rooms were large, clean and comfortable. Bathroom was large, but the shower small. The bed was very comfortable (request pillow choice online) and we never heard street noise from the busy street below. Most importantly in Italy, available room safe (request safe key at check-in) and both air conditioning and water pressure were great! Breakfast was ideal (meats, cheeses, pastries, fruit and eggs). Plenty of seating was always available, but were down by 8 am every morning.  Loved this hotel and highly recommend !! read more

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(Continued- Part 2) Location The location of this hotel is so ideal. It is located on a side street so it is not noisy in the evenings but at the same time it is so close to everything. There is a supermarket right next door. We bought large water bottles for our daily. excursions for 0.25 euros for a large bottle (The 0.25 ones are in the back on a shelf. We then put them in our mini fridge in our room. The ones in the store fridge when you first walk in are about 0.80 euros.) There is a pharmacy around the corner. There are numerous gelato spots nearby in each direction. There are many, many restaurants in walking distance. The Trevi Fountain is a 15 minute walk and the Spanish Steps are another 10 mins past the fountain. There are also many designer stores in that area. The Roma Termini train station is a 5 minute walk from the hotel. There are many souvenir shops all around. Our driver from the airport recommended that we visit the church near our hotel. We then had a guide from one of our excursions recommend it as well. On our last day, after checking out (and leaving our luggage at the hotel at no extra charge) we stopped by the church. It is definitely worth visiting (for free! Brief tours and an upstairs museum ticket range from 3-5 euros/person) and it less than a 5 minute walk from the hotel. The hotel ordered us a taxi whenever we needed one. We took a taxi to Vatican City, where we had a booked excursion. This cost us about 11 euros (at 6:45 AM, so it was a quick ride with very little traffic at the time). The hotel also provides free breakfast and a coffee machine in the lobby area which is available all day and night. The only hot items for the breakfast were scrambled eggs and toast  (as well as coffee, of course). There were also boiled eggs, cereals, muffins, cheeses, ham, and a few other items. Lastly, we really loved how warm and welcoming the staff were. Everyone, especially one particular lady at the front desk, was super helpful. We came to them for help with directions on how to get to places nearby and they directed us where we needed to go and literally mapped it out for us, highlighting the route on the map. I truely do recommend this hotel and would gladly stay here again. As mentioned in the beginning, yes it has some downsides but looking at all it has to offer, the positives outweigh the negatives. read more

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This is a great bargain hotel in Rome. It's only a 13 minute walk to the Colosseum and Roman forum. It's in a cute little art and food district. Be sure to visit the restaurant down the street ( walking towards the Colosseum and across from hotel but down one block) with meatballs and an awesome guy named Max. The hotel is clean, has a great breakfast, friendly staff and very reasonably priced. read more

This hotel was recommended by a friend and based on its location and rates, we decided to give it a try. We're glad we did! Great hotel. Only a few min to the train station, 10 min to the coliseum.... close to everything! read more

We loved everything about our stay at Hotel Raffaello. The staff were so helpful with any questions we had. Excellent location too. We highly recommend staying here. Great breakfast every morning before heading out for your day read more

Great location between the Termini Station and The Forum, just off Via Cavour. Tastefully appointed and clean, our triple was well sized. A terrific breakfast included. Very pleasant and helpful staff. They have an elevator but keep it mind it stops on the 'landing between floors. Fair amount of street noise (more over 2011/2012 as there is some construction down the block), so those wanting quieter rooms request an interior room or one on the alley. They're also 2 blocks from the hop-on hop-off bus. A couple of very good local tratorrias down Via Urbana toward the Cavour metro station entrance make the Hotel Raffaello even more attractive as a central hub for your Rome visit. read more

If you are visiting Rome on a budge or for a night, this is a great hotel. Very small boutique like, but perfect location to walk to all of the main attractions. Beautiful at night. Hotel staff is incredible very friendly and helpful. Rooms are small, but clean and well maintain. read more

Love this place! Stayed there a few times, never disappointing! Great location to stay if you can walk and extremely nice rooms. I got a small one once, but it was still extremely nice. Breakfast was good and the staff was able to communicate quite well. I asked to extend my stay, the clerk shakes his head "I see that you paid 100 euros on your reservation, we can't do that! How about 75?" I like a sense of humor :) The hotel has gone up in price, so do check for better priced hotels in the area. But, this is a good one! read more

Don't let the proximity to Termini scare you. This is a great hotel, with super nice and helpful staff. And in a great location in the midst of Monti neighbourhood. Highly recommend. read more

Great location on quiet street not far from central rail terminal and convenient to get around Rome on public transit and walking. Nice clean comfortable room, very good breakfast in a nice room, service oriented and capable staff. I book here every visit to Rome since I discovered it in 2014, read more

We stayed here in December 2012 and it was perfect! Central location to almost all touristy areas, unbelievably close to the Colosseum & Roman Forum! We decided to stay at this hotel based on tripadvisor reviews and the great rate! Most complaints I had read centered around...the room was small....well, most hotel rooms in Europe are smaller than ones in the states unless you want to pay a lot more $$$!! Friendly service, you do have to leave your key at the front desk when you leave, at first I thought it was weird but I got used to it. We asked for an early check in, 7am! and they accommodated us, that was awesome, that is when I knew it would be a great stay! We did not take advantage of the breakfast, but it looked nice. Free wifi is always a plus in a hotel too. Overall, a very pleasant experience, only negative, small showers, luckily I am not that big so I was fine, but some people would definitely have trouble. read more

This hotel has great Trip Advisor reviews, and this comment is a big thumbs up for their staff, as experienced in their booking process... Their awesome manager, Salvatore Sansone, listened to my list of "must haves" and has given us a great deal on the room we want in two weeks. We'll update our review after returning from our honeymoon. read more

The staff are super, super helpful. Let them to follow up on our airport shuttle reservation while we we out for the day and they didn't disappoint. Centrally located. The double bed room was clean and the decor was up to date. No wear and tear evident with the facility. I would use them again. read more

outraged!!! here's a tip: do not ask for more toiletries, they will mock you. i called and asked for more toilet roll. was greeted at door with toothbrush. thought i would try it out, maybe that's how they do it in italy. was wrong. very wrong. very bristly up there. now in a&e. read more