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Locarno Review
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Locarno 
$$-$$$$, Piazza di Spagna
User Rating: **** 3.7
Fodor's Review:
The sort of place that inspired a movie (Bernard Weber's 1978 Hotel Locarno, to be exact), this has been a longtime choice for art aficionados and people in the cinema. But everyone will appreciate this hotel's fin de siècle charm, intimate feel, and central location off Piazza del Popolo. Exquisite wallpaper and fabric prints are coordinated in the rooms, and some rooms have antiques -- the grandest room looks like an art director's take on a Medici bedroom. Everything is lovingly supervised by the owners, a mother-daughter duo. The buffet breakfast is ample, there's bar service on the panoramic roof garden, and complimentary bicycles are available if you feel like braving the traffic. A newly renovated annex is done in art deco style.
Member Reviews & Ratings:
Did not live up to the review -- at all!
Posted by ewellis from Massachusetts on 7/26/07
Relying on Fodor's review, my family and I spent 3 nights at the Locarno recently. We found the hotel to be anything but charming or elegant. Where the review describes Art Deco glitz, we found an interior in serious need of fresh paint, new carpet (stairs were very stained) and improved lighting. Exposed pipes a tangle of ancient wiring cluttered the hallway ceilings, creating a dark and creepy environment. All three of our rooms were filled not with antiques, but old and beaten up furniture. There was no chest of drawers in one room, and they were all so dark that reading (even in the day) was absolutely impossible. The staff was efficient, but not warm or welcoming. One of the worst places I've stayed since graduating from hostels in the early 80s....RATING: 1.2
Loved it, will return
Posted by Fuzzbert from San Francisco on 3/9/07
We switched to the Locarno after a hideous exprience at another hotel. We managed 2 nights before moving on to the Locarno, which is a breath of fresh air. The room was VERY LARGE... even by American standards. It was clean, comfy and spacious with a large window looking onto the courtyard. The breakfast was lovely, with enough choice to please anyone. I might also add that the bar is a great place to relax with one of the better dirty martinis i've ever had. This is a must stay in Rome with great location to the major attractions, some great near by restaurants, and a great hotel over all.RATING: 5.0
Leave your cares behind relax at th Locarno
Posted by Rafael from San Juan Puerto Rico,USA on 1/17/06
We've been to Rome six times and have stayed at this Art Nouveau Hotel the last three times and now that we've discoverted this friendly relaxing place will continue to stay there everytime we retutn to Rome.Don't pay attention to those that have given the Locarno a bad review.My wife is very picky of where she stays and she loves the Locarno.It is not fancy or ornate but the rooms are comfortable,the bathrooms have been modernized, the rooms and hotel in general very clean,and the staff friendly and very helpful.This trip with the family(including two grandchildren) we had four rooms;402,403 404 & 407 and had a great stay without anything to complain about.From this hotel just steps away from the Piazza del Poppolo,where the three main roads of central Rome originate,you can walk tothe Vatican, Sant'angelo,Spanish Steps ,Navona,Trevi and even the Colosseum.There's peace and quiet(as much as can be had in Rome)and you are buffered from the crouds and noisy tourists.Everyone I've recommemdedthis Hotel to has thanked me.You will too if you take my advice.Don't expect a Hyatt or Marriott it is tne "simpatico" Locarno with its european charmRATING: 4.8
INFO
- Address: Via della Penna 22, Piazza di Spagna, Rome, 00186
- Phone: 06/3610841
- Fax: 06/3215249
- Web site
- Hotel Details: 64 rooms, 2 suites
- In-room: safe, dial-up.
- In-hotel: restaurant, bar, laundry service, no-smoking rooms. minibar.
- Rate includes: Full breakfast
- Credit Cards: AE, DC, MC, V
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