where to stay in Rome?
 

Planning a week in Rome/Amalfi Coast in July. Would love recommendations as to where to stay in Rome within walking distance of attractions for young adults/teens. Help please!

In the Centro Storico - - but without your specifying a target budget range, making recommendations of specific hotels is somewhere between pointless and impossible.

Best wishes,

Rex

Hi Rex
sorry to hijack this post, but I have all of my hotels booked/confirmed with the exception of 6 nts rome 5/16 to
5/22. I would like to stay at USD 200
(or less!) taxes, breakfast, etc included. I was offered last month a great rate at hotel canada, but when I email, fax, etc, I receive no response, which I know you understand, makes me a little cranky... I am really hoping to wrap this up tonight, maybe I should start another post...

I always stay in the Campo dei Fiori area of central Rome. It is a lively, bustling area with reasonably priced hotels (the Hotel Campo Dei Fiori has doubles at 100 euros, including breakfast), while the Albergo della Lunetta around the corner offers more or less the same rate (without breakfast). The Campo area has been known since the Middle Ages as the outdoor fruit/vegetable market for Rome where you can find lots of neat items, souvenirs, pasta, etc. The market is every morning from approx. 7 am until 1 pm. At night, there are strolling musicians (saxophone players) and pianists in the outdoor cafes and ristorantes surrounding the piazza area, as well as a lot of Roman young people socializing (along with their families!). The Campo is within walking distance to the Pantheon, as well as the Roman Forum area of monuments.

I second the Campo Fiori area. We often stay in the neighborhood of the Pantheon because our friend lives there. My teenage daughter loves the Campo Fiori area- the stores, market and proximity to most historical sites. It is also near to Trastevere which is an area teens and young adults might also like. It is also within walking distance to the Vatican.

Have you done some research? This question has been answered probably hundreds of times on this board! There is a search feature(it's not perfect) and the Destinations tab will help you,too.

I have done some research, but couldn't find this particular thread. Would like to keep the cost to around $250-300 US. Any safety concerns in the Campo dei Fiori area? Thanks in advance for your help. . .

Hi pridolfi:
As aforementioned, the Campo dei Fiori area in Roma is very lively, things are open late and there are a lot of people milling around. It is safe: fine for both children and adults (I have a 5 year old child and have been going there very year since she was 2). There are little pizzerias, shops, even a supermarket down the adjoining street, so it has very much a neighborhood feel. The Tiber River is but a couple blocks away and makes for a nice stroll. Piazza Farnese adjacent to the Campo has a lovely fountain and the grand palazzo houses the French Ambassador/Councilate (also an art museum). There is a local shuttle bus that conveniently comes twice a day in front of the fountain and can take you up to the Villa Borghese and gardens area.

The Campo dei Fiori area is easily accessible from the Roma Termini train station via bus #64. You can take it until the Corso Vittorio Emanuele stop (McDonald's on your R side) and cross over to the L side into the Campo area.

If staying at the Hotel Campo dei Fiori (http://www.travelintelligence.net/ws...me_review.html), you will be spending less than $200 a night, you can eat your breakfast in the hotel (included in the rate), buy fruit/vegetables/sundry items for a picnic lunch in the open market adjacent, and then go out to dinner at one of the many nice ristorantes in the evening.

If your young adults/teens miss American food, you can always walk a couple blocks up and across Corso Vittorio Emanuele Blvd to that McDonald's on the corner (can't miss it). "Grappola D'Oro" is a terrific little restaurant in the Campo area that is a family-owned place. I have been going there since 1998, however, in recent years it has been "discovered" and now gets quite crowded at night.