Denise

Just one question. I have booked this hotel in Rome and was wondering if anyone has stayed there recently. They are no longer listed in Cheap Sleeps(someone said they once were). I was wondering why, and hope it is still an inexpensive and clean hotel alternative. Is it worth spending Lit. 140,000 more for the Due Torri?

Thank you,
Denise

Monica

My husband and I stayed at Smeraldo May 1998 and enjoyed it. We paid under $100. I'm not familiar with the other hotel you mentioned, but can only say Smeraldo is in an excellent location near the Campo dei Fiori. See my travel page, http://sites.netscape.net/monicapileggi/homepage, for my comments on the hotel.

Colleen

I stayed there in 1998, as well. It was clean, simple, in a great location, with a small bar across the narrow alley-like street for a quick breakfast. No frills, but it suited us just fine. Good shower!

Denise

Thank you for your replies. Simple, clean with a good shower suits us just fine. Is the staff helpful?

Denise

Margo

SMERALDO: Vicolo Chiodaroli 9. Tel: 06-6875929/6892121. Fax: 06-68805495.
(35 rms., 24 w/toilet & bath or shower.) 110,000-145,000L (56-74E) single; 145,000-185,000L (74-95E) double; 170,000-215,000L (87-110E) triple. Breakfast (8-10am) at 10,500L pp is not obligatory & can be served in the room (6,500L extra pp). Visa, MC, AX. English spoken, direct-dial phone, TV, nice charming hotel w/simply furnished rms., the 2 rms. w/balconies are for 1 & have no bathrooms, 2 rooftops w/views of Rome’s rooftops (one you share w/hotel’s laundry), air-conditioned (11,000L per day), bar, elevator, 5 flrs. This hotel is not family-owned & will be totally renovated in 1999. Bus: #64. Stop: Largo Torre Argentina. Start walking west, in the same direction that the bus is going, along Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, turn left onto Via Torre Argentina, turn right onto Via Santa Anna, look for the narrow street Vicolo Chiodaroli on your left.

Leslie

Denise or other readers, I just booked a room at the Smeraldo for early March, 2001. The rate quoted, for a double, 2 beds, with bathroom, no breakfast, was L200,000.

Monica

I too was quoted 200,000 lire for this November for the same type of room as Leslie's. Leslie, please email me when you return! I'd be interested in knowing how you liked the place. Someone said it was being renovated (another posting).

Leslie

We just returned from Italy. Stayed 2 nights at the Smeraldo. It is fine, and the price is right! They had renovated as the bathroom was newly tiled. Room was small, but clean. The front desk was not particulary friendly, but the hotel location is good - just a short walk from Piazza Argentina where there are buses & taxis. I had also spent one night at the Cesari (L340,000) which I liked, but don't know if it was worth the USD$70 extra dollars (which did include breakfast though). Hope this helps.