Hotel Santa Chiara vs Hotel due Torri Rome
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Hotel Santa Chiara vs Hotel due Torri Rome
Debating between these hotels. Looking for nice but affordable (around $300 a night). Love the Pantheon/Piazza Navona area. Sorry to say, we have been spoiled by staying at Hotel Grand Minerva in the area in the past, but they are a bit out of our pocketbook due to needing a couple of rooms this time. Would appreciate any advice or recommendations.
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Neither can compare to the Minerva.
The rooms at the Santa Chiara are a bit more spacious. It's very clean, but the decoration says "renovated monastery." I prefer this location, but can barely tolerate the decor.
The rooms are more decorator charming at the Due Torri, but so many rooms are super tiny. For someone like me, I really need a specific room number to enjoy a place like Due Torri.
The rooms at the Santa Chiara are a bit more spacious. It's very clean, but the decoration says "renovated monastery." I prefer this location, but can barely tolerate the decor.
The rooms are more decorator charming at the Due Torri, but so many rooms are super tiny. For someone like me, I really need a specific room number to enjoy a place like Due Torri.
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Had a top floor room at the Due Torri. The room was smallish, but not too tiny, and it had a small balcony shared with a room or rooms on the top floor. It wasn't bad.
I do like the Hotel Portoghese, just a little closer to Pz. Navona than the Due Torri. Again, rooms are smallish, but the decor is nicer than what we had at the Due Torri.
I know that you didn't ask for another option, but the P. is my favorite in the area.
I do like the Hotel Portoghese, just a little closer to Pz. Navona than the Due Torri. Again, rooms are smallish, but the decor is nicer than what we had at the Due Torri.
I know that you didn't ask for another option, but the P. is my favorite in the area.
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Thank you for the recommendation. The P was my third hotel choice, however, the travel agent I am working with shared that it is not on any agent sites so she was unable to recommend without any reviews
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Just check here. Plus, if it's not on any agent sites, she may not want to book. I would pick it based on a few points:
1. Location- all three are close, but the approach to the Portoghese is by far the nicest. Very pleasant surroundings.
2. Nice breakfast
3. Rooms are small but updated
1. Location- all three are close, but the approach to the Portoghese is by far the nicest. Very pleasant surroundings.
2. Nice breakfast
3. Rooms are small but updated