Rome, Italy
 

Can anyone recommend a hotel or residence in Rome. We're a family of four (two teenagers) and we want to stay in one room. Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Try the Domus Julia. It is located near the Barberini Palace and Spanish Steps, on a relatively quiet side street. It is not expensive, offers a nice breakfast in the sister property next door, the Hotel Julia.

Domus Julia has apartment style rooms, so could work for your family of four. We had just a twin room, which shared a nice dining room/kitchen. It was very clean, new bathroom, and a great value.
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Don't know if you are aware of these sites, but the reviews on slowtrav.com (find the apartment reviews), tripadisor.com, fodors.com, venere.com, frommers.com, & ricksteves.com are great resources. I suggest that whatever you decide, check out the reviews before commiting.

I just did an extensive search for our Nov trip; wanted apartment for the 3 of us. Here's what I found that was acceptable to us:

1. dolceroma.com - very high ratings; private owner apts in various areas; prices good; owner gives you a cell phone to use in order to reach her at any time; our 1st choice, but not available for our dates; apts look great; plan to try one of these in 2008; bedrooms are actually separate rooms, not extra bed(s) in living room or kitchen or the 1 bedroom.

2. residenzagiubbonari.com - very high reviews; several apts. in one building in campo dei fiori; these apts. looked very good; would like to try here also; has a penthouse with very large top-deck area; has elevator;

3. navonasuitesrome.com - private owner; we stayed there last year but this year decided to try different area; would recommend & gets top reviews; just steps from P.Navona; has 2 apts. with shared kitchen-can rent both to make 2 bedrooms; has 1 large unit to sleep 4 or more, but only 1 bedroom is in separate room - that's the one we rented - it's fairly large, 2 baths; 2 twin beds in the large entrance hall; also sofa bed in living/kitchen area.

4. i also did a check on apartment rental agencies - all got bad reviews except a smaller one - domusintl.com.

5. we decided on residencebarberini.com because we wanted to try that area for something different; gets great reviews; we'll see how it goes!

Good luck, Julie

I recently stayed at residenzagiubbonari.com, Blue apartment on the 1st floor, based on slowtrav recommendations.

Location was excellent. 2br apartment was spacious and comfortable.

Via Giubbonari does get a lot of noisy pedestrian traffic most nights till about midnight, so you need to close the windows tight.

Apartment was not immaculate - Rome is a dirty city and floors were a bit dirty, but not a big deal.

No internet connection (wireless) at the apartment.

Very close to a nice supermarket & bakery, convenient to buses and local sights, Trastevere, etc.

I'd highly recommend having a look at the apartments in Rome that Roman Reference have.

romanreference.com