Hotel Novecento - Rome, Italy 

While the hotel is not bad, the neighborhood it is in is not exactly the most visitor-friendly. I did not feel safe walking through it. I got to the hotel and they were flying the US flag upside down. Took a picture of it, if you're wondering... The desk attendant, during check-in, told us he was going to hang on to our passports and give them back to us later, when what he had to do with them took a matter of 30 seconds. While this might be okay and protocol when staying in a hostel, I was not comfortable leaving my passport with him or anyone else for that matter. Room was small but clean. Had a nice balcony off the room, but it's in a shady section of town, so there isn't much to look at. The rooms have very thin walls, so I could hear conversations of people across the hall clearly. When we booked, it was listed as Rome Central... hardly. The street it was on was outside all of the tourist maps. It wasn't far from the train station, or from a stop on the Metro train, but still not what I would consider center of Rome.

I stayed at this hotel very recently and couldn't be more pleased. Although I would advise that you take a detailed map, as I did find it slightly tucked out of the way. Our room was extremely clean along with the rest of the hotel. Our room (No. 401) was amazing, a little small but an amazing sun terrace with loungers, table and chairs and a large parasol. The local metro is still under construction but it is only a 5 min walk to the next stop. Our room was very quite during the night and was serviced every day. I would most certainly use this hotel again if I returned to Rome.