Hotel California - Rome, Italy
Address: Via Principe Amedeo 39,
Rome, 71000
Hotel California details:
The Hotel California has been thinking of the needs of who believe that comfort, image and efficiently are the basic features for a ideally stay. The receptivity, the location and it's structures make it specially suitable for your business trip or your holiday.
The hotel has been completely restructured and is equipped with lifts, noise proof windows, bar and breakfast room. Sight seeing tours are organized upon request. Parking and car rental, baby sitting, exchange and travel arrangement services are available. Hotel California is too close to the central Termini railway station, it's about 100 meters, just 2 minutes of easy walking.
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Location
Hotel California is located in the city's historical and commercial centre, 100 meters a way from the central railway station Termini, a short way from the most famous basilica of Rome, S. Maria Maggiore, and 10 minutes from the Vatican city, Basilica di San Pietro, and few minutes from via Veneto, the Colosseum and Piazza Venezia.
Rooms
Rooms are spacious and comfortable, all rooms are furnished in a classical style and have private bathroom, hairdryer, TV sat, direct dial Telephone, heating, air conditioning, minibar and In-room safe.
Facilities
General: Restaurant, Gay Friendly, Luggage Storage, Heating, Soundproofed Rooms, Safety Deposit Box, Express Check-In/Check-Out, Elevator, 24-Hour Front Desk, Pets Allowed, Family Rooms, Continental Breakfast, Non-Smoking Rooms, Bar
Services: Fax/Photocopying, Car Rental, Tour Desk, Room Service
Location: Near Subway, City Centre, Near Train Station, Old Town
Dining
A welcoming environment to have traditional or continental breakfasts, quick snacks or aperitifs.
Hotel policies
Cancellation
If cancelled up to 2 days before date of arrival, no fee will be charged.
If cancelled later or in case of no-show, the first night will be charged.
Children
All children are welcome.
All children under 2 years stay free of charge when using existing bedding.
All children under 2 years stay free of charge for cots.
All older children or adults are charged 35 % of the room stay per night for extra beds.
Ma
Pre-pay
No deposit will be charged.
Extra charges
VAT is included.
Service charge is included.
City/tourist tax is included.
Parking
No parking available.
Dining
Continental breakfast is included in the room rate.
Internet
Wired internet is available in the entire hotel and is free of charge.
Pets
Pets are allowed. No extra charges.
Check in / front desk
2.0
Wow, this was horrible.
The hotel's own internet site says that rooms have minibars and TVs. What a joke. Not only did we get a bare room with no TV, no minibar, no phone, no internet, but it also was missing fairly standard things like a means of egress! In fact, our room had no window, no ventilation whatsoever and that includes no heat, no AC. Our "double" room had a bed that was barely larger than a twin and we could touch both sides of the room. It was impossilbe to unpack because of the size of the room. It was impossible for two people to actually move in the room -- one person had to jump on the bed while the other moved around. Because of the lack of proper ventilation, there was an overwhelming stench in the room. The bed coverings were actually gross. I think there were hairs on the sheets which I am still trying not to think about. In the bathroom, the bath rug had dirt and blood stains on it. The toilet had pee and curly hair stains under the seat. I didn't dare touch the shower curtain to see what was behind it. All of the light bulbs in the bathroom had been removed, and there was no window in the bathroom either.
The "hotel" is actually several hotels. "Hotel California" is the front which I suspect the high paid travellers check in through. Everyone, though, goes up the same lift and to the same floors. The different travellers who are going to the different hotels are then just directed to different wings of the same floors. It's hard to believe that other rooms of the other "hotels" could be worse, but they are definitely charged less because some of them have "hostel" in their name. You can also tell these other rooms carry a lesser charge because of their clientelle. The place is absolutely overrun with young teenagers screaming and running all over the place well into the early AM hours (at 2:30 AM, they were still at full noise level making it impossible to think let alone sleep). There is also another type of clientelle -- some sort of sad drunk who sits in his room yelling on the phone and/or perhaps fighting with another guest in the room. I guess what I'm trying to convey is that the noise level in the hotel is such that you cannot go to sleep before 3AM at the earliest, and you will likely feel uncomfortable the whole time.
Also, does anyone know how the hotel star rating system in Italy is determined because if you go to other European web sites, this hotel is given 3 stars. That's impossible...the place is worse than every hostel I've stayed in while in Europe, it is NOT a 3 star hotel. So how did it get 3 stars? In fact, how did a place that has no ventilation nor method of egress even pass hotel inspection? Who paying off whom?
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