Hotel Forte - Rome, Italy     

Our stay at Hotel Forte was absolutely fabulous. I contacted the hotel prior to our departure to have them send a car to meet us at the airport. As we walked out of arrivals the hotel car service was there to help with luggage and escort us to the car. Upon arrival at the hotel (which is in the best location you could ask for.....spanish steps, trevi fountain all in walking distance) the staff was there to welcome us (very warm and spoke English well). Our room was small, but for the $$ (240 Euro) it was totally worth it. The hotel is very charming, VERY clean, breakfast enough to keep you going until lunch (cereal, juice, coffee, pastry), and in a central location. The Metro is about 5 min. walk, which we took to Vatican City. I give this a thumbs-up. After staying at several other hotels, which cost more, over the years this was a pleasure. I'm sure you'll enjoy!!!!! Ciao.

I stayed at the Hotel Forte in June 2008. We found this place by accident – it was suggested to us by Franco (information guy at the Rome airport). I t was wonderful and what’s more, it has been recently renovated. The staff was mostly amazing especially the front desk folks, who were so helpful 24 hours a day. We (traveled with an old friend) did have issues with the breakfast server who seemed to be selective in her service. We both found that she was more attentive to the Euro-looking folks (we are both black females). We discussed this with the front desk and the server herself (she seemed shocked!). Our last breakfast morning was handled much more professionally. However, the experience with the breakfast server is not enough to ruin the review and the experience at the Hotel Forte. The room was beautiful in the Italian tradition – just simply amazing. The hotel itself is located by the Spanish Steps and we found it to be walking distance to all the sights – Pantheon, Imperial Fort, Colosseum – even the Vatican and St. Peters. I would definitely stay here again when visiting Rome.

we arrived late but only had to press the intercom outside and say who we were and were let in immediately. went up in the ornate wrought iron lift to reception. signed in and taken to room which was more than adequate. 2 beds pushed together to make a really huge bed and good mattress, bathroom good although quite high sides to step into. breakfast was help yourself and good selection of pastries etc. staff friendly and very helpful. location superb as spanish steps & metro within 2 mintues walk. all the designer shops close by! the hotel was putting in new wooden floors whilst we were there, but apart from seeing the materials when we went out in the morning everything was gone by the time we came home.on last day it rained and we went back to hotel after lunch (12.00 check out) to wait in lounge area. no problem with staff who kept our case until we decided to go to airport.i have read other reviews and it seems as though some people were not in the same hotel as us! i can recommend it on our experience and we would go back to this hotel again as it felt a very safe area.

Would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone I knew. As soon as we arrived the front desk was extremley helpful with explaining everything and giving us a map of Rome advising us of the best places to eat and drink. The room was very Roman Italian and was a comfortable size although not very big. However, the room that we stayed in (first room, straight down the hall from reception) was exposed to the breakfast service noise in the mornings. Other than this, we had a great experience. Location was fantastic as it is a stone's throw away from the Spanish Steps and all the 'expensive' shops. Breakfast was also very pleasant. Overall, would recommend this hotel to anyone who wished to pay less than ?120 a night.