peter

Anybody know a good 4-star hotel in Rome?<BR>We'll be there for a week in March.<BR>thanks!

Rex

The Hotel Raphael - - http://www.venere.com/it/roma/raphael - - is four stars and they have been ruinning a rather attractive protional rate for stays of 3 days or 7 days for much of the fall into December; perhaps they will have something similar for first part of next year.<BR><BR>Oddly enough, 4* hotels seem to get less attention here in this forum that 5* or 3*. There are 89 4* hotels on http://www.venere.com/it/roma and there are not that many that get much mention here - - though a few do: Bailey's, Residenza Farnese, Londr &amp; Cargill to name a few.<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR><BR>Rex<BR>

Jean

Be aware the differences between Italian hotels bearing ratings of 3, 4 and 5 stars do not relate to how luxurious the hotel is, how large the rooms are or even necessarily room rates or location. <BR><BR>The stars are used as a means of identifying the number of amenities offered. Having a full-service restaurant, room service, parking or a gym/spa/pool can add stars but doesn't mean the hotel is any &quot;nicer&quot; than a 3-star otherwise equivalent hotel.

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Rob

Two suggestions...Hotel Genio near Piazza Navona and Hotel Mascagni near Piazza Republicana . Have stayed in both and recommend both highly !!

Sandra

I agree with Rob about the Hotel Mascagni. It is very comfortable and you will be pleased. Another hotel to consider in Rome is Hotel Dei Mellini. <BR><BR><BR>

Susie

I too am visiting Italy in April and I'm having trouble finding some of the hotels that have been recommended. Other than venere.com, is there another website I can check? Thanks.

Ann

www.travel.it is a much better website than venere for Rome only. They have a tremendous amount of hotels listed in order of stars. They give you the direct contact to the hotels and not through Venere. You get a better price.

Bill

travel.it better than venere.com ? Surely you jest.<BR><BR>You must work there to make such a claim. There are 92 hotels listed for Rome on travel.it plus the Leonardini and Bettoja chains.<BR><BR>There are 715 properties listed for Rome on venere.com<BR>

Susie

I'm having difficulty finding Hotel Genio and Hotel Mascagni on the internet. Can anyone help? Thanks.

Book Chick

Hi Susie.<BR>The Hotel Genio is part of a chain of Italian Hotels called Leonardi.<BR><BR>Here's the link to the web site:<BR><BR>http://www.leonardihotels.com/Genio/index.html<BR><BR>My next door neighbor stayed there in May on his honeymoon &amp; he &amp; his wife raved about it. I walked past it last January &amp; it looked really nice from the outside &amp; the lobby. Also, there's a restaurant technically attached to it (it has a separate entrance outside, though) that a friend recommended to me.<BR><BR>Buon Viaggio,<BR>BC

Rex

Both Genio and Mascagni are on venere.com<BR><BR>http://www.venere.com/it/roma/genio/<BR><BR>and<BR><BR>http://www.venere.com/it/roma/mascagni/<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR><BR>Rex<BR>

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