I would highly recommend Hotel Farnese to anyone traveling to Rome. The staff were most professional, helpful and friendly. The folliage and furnishings made our stay even more memorable. Everything about our accomodations was excellent!
A lovely "boutique" hotel, with very helpful and friendly staff. We arrived very late following a delayed flight, Hotel liaised with taxi we had booked and he waited for us. Great service there! The English man on the desk when we arrived however was a bit brusque, very eager for us to take key and get to bed, with very scant directions as to the way to our room and no offer of help with luggage! We stayed in the Junior Suite, very pretty but some attention should be paid to the tiles which are loose at the side of the bath - an eyesore and, I am sure not hygienic! Drawer space would be helpful too, although for our 3 night stay it wasn't too much of a problem. Overall, friendly helpful staff, pretty hotel. A little out of the way, but we knew that when we booked. No kettle in rooms (we took our own), no complimentary water - which is unusual for high standard hotels, and a nuisance when you have arrived at 1.30am and can buy nothing! I wouldn't recommend the Junior Suite for anybody infirm or elderly, you take your life in your hands getting in and out of the bath/shower - it is huge and deep, and there is nothing to hold on to. Overall though, pretty hotel, satisfactory breakfast on a lovely terrace (ask the waitress for a cappuccino - the coffee at the buffet table was awful & tasted of chicory!) and the hotel staff are mostly excellent, and will bend over backwards to help you.
The staff was simply great! They helped with restaurants, directions, bus lines etc...
The breakfast was very good (a great spread of eggs, bacon, fruit, cold cuts, cheese, etc) and a view of the St Peter's Cupola to booth.
Our room was big enough to acomodate 3 people and had plenty of towels and bedding.
The hotel is five minutes walk to the river and the bridge will take you directly into Piazza del Popolo (shopping galore!).