Pensions in Rome advice
 

Any advice on pensions (names) vs. hotels in heart of Rome? 3 senior ladies staying one night prior to Medeterranean cruise. 2 of us want pensione but one wants hotel. The rooms look pretty much the same on Internet but big difference in price. Any advice appreciated.

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Why not post the name of the pension and the name of the hotel? It's hard to advise in a vacuum.

I'd be resentful if forced to pay more than I wanted to, so it's also possible you could make separate choices.

We stayed at Hotel Parlamento, billed as a "pensione" but not much different than a hotel from what I saw. We liked it a lot.

Tell us your budget, room type, when you're going, etc. You'll get lots of suggestions.

We are going May 9th 2008. We want something clean in a decent area. We are only there one night before a cruise. (3 of us). Want to save $ to spend on the cruise. Someone suggested Best Western Canada, and we're looking on the net for B&B's or a nice hotel for around $60 each for 1 night. Will we have any luck? It doesn't have to be a "posh place" just decent in a decent area in case we want to take a walk after dinner.

That Best Western Canada is not in a convenient location. It's northeast of the train station, a long way from most of what you will want to see. For a nice area to walk around, look in the Piazza Navona area, or Campo de' Fiori or Pantheon. Right in the center, lots of nice restaurants, a much better area.

Did you look at Hotel Parlamento? I had a quote from them for 170eu, triple room in October. That's a little higher than you wanted ($79 per person). It's a nice hotel, family staffed. Breakfast is included. And you can't beat the location for the price. It's right on the corner of Via del Corso at the Parliament building.

I haven't stayed at Pensione Panda, but even their triple is 140eu...$65 per person. It's in the Spanish Steps area.

To get lower than that, I suspect you'll need to look in the Termini area. Take a look at Hotel Italia, too. Lastly, have you researched convent stays? Search here and you'll find lots of info on them.

here's a link to some Rome B%Bs where you might have some luck..and good luck!

http://www.millennium-beb.com/