Hotel Villa San Pio, Rome

Advantages: Good location, good value for money, polite staff
Disadvantages: Small rooms

...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why we chose the hotel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My boyfriend and I decided to take a weekend city break in Rome, we were joined by his parents who travelled seperately. We looked on Expedia for a good deal and we found one with reasonable BA flights and 3 nights stay at Hotel Villa Patrizi. We looked at the information and pictures of the hotel on the internet and it looked good so we decided to book it. Now we have been to the hotel, and looking back at the pictures, they are true to life and do not decieve you in anyway that the hotel looks different to what it does. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ About the hotel ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hotel Villa Patrizi is a brand new 4 star hotel located in Rome. As you walk into the hotel there is a pretty sitting area full of beautiful, lively and colourful flowers. If the weather was nicer... Read review

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Advantages: A lifetime of sights to see, excellent transport, amazing ice cream
Disadvantages: Very busy

...I visited here with two student friends in 2003, on a mission to soak up a lot of culture, have a great time and not spend much money, and we did pretty well on all counts. After sitting through years of torturous Latin lessons at school, I had high hopes for the city. We managed to find possibly the strangest hotel in Rome to stay in, the Hotel Giarda, near Stazione Termini, where they monitored our every movements through strategically placed security cameras, and the chamber maids had a good daily rifle through our luggage, but other than that it was well situated for exploring. Here are my top Roma sights (in no particular order): Vatican City: Even though this is slap bang in the middle of Rome, the Vatican is technically an independent state, with the Pope as sovereign, its own post office and legal system, and definitely... Read review

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Advantages: a very special destination
Disadvantages: may not appeal to everyone

...to Padre Pio as a young man to ask for advice when he had marital problems; so the whole thing doesn´t remain abstract for us. The Italian pupils accompanied their German guests, the whole group was led by the Italian teacher of Religious Education, the priest Don Rosario born and raised in San Giovanni Rotondo, we were well prepared as you can see. We travelled inland for 40 km, from the plain into the hills, San Giovanni Rotondo is situated on the slope of a hill looking just like any ordinary southern Italian town from afar. Ah, not quite, approaching we notice the huge building of the hospital built with the donations given to Padre Pio and the green roof on the second largest Italian Church after St Peter´s in Rome (more of this later). When Padre Pio arrived in San Giovanni Rotondo in 1918 (he was born in a village nearby... Read review

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