
The location is exceptional as you are actually close to all the classic sights of Rome. The Colosseum and Fori Imperiali are no more than an easy five minute walk. Moreover the “Cavour” underground (subway) station is approximately two hundred meters far.
In the immediate vicinity it’s worth a moment to linger along the narrow lanes of the Suburra, the church of Santa Pudenziana and its Byzantine mosaic (this is the oldest church in Rome, it dates back to the third century A.D.; the tradition says that Saint Peter might have found shelter there during the Christian persecution), the church of Santa Prassede and obviously the magnificent and imposing Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.
The perfect starting point to best enjoy the best of the eternal city!
The “Suburra” – the previous name of this district located on the sloped of the Quirinale and Viminale hills spreading as far as Esquilino hill – was a suburban neighbourhood of ill-fame, but where also new freedmen and patricians built their houses, surrounded by taverns, brothels, prostitutes, thieves, traders and some respectable people. The heart of Rome was like this. During the Emperor Vespasian time the Colosseum was built down the eastern part of the city, while on the south you could admire the Arch of Titus and the Temple of Neptune on the west.
Today the district of Suburra is called “Rione Monti”, the first neighbourhood of the city, one of the few places where you can have a real, genuine breathing area.
Travel information
Located strategically between Colosseum and Termini station (metro line a and b stop "Termini" or line b "Cavour").
-From Termini railway station:
enter "Via Cavour" (when you exit the station on your left/via giolitti side), go straight for 150-200 metres, turn right into Piazza dell'esquilino and left into "Via urbana";
-From Fiumicino-Leonardo da Vinci airport:
you can take the train inside the airport "Leonardo express" which arrives to termini station. From there it's walking distance: enter "Via Cavour" (when you exit the station on your left/via giolitti side), go straight for 150-200 meters, turn right into Piazza dell'esquilino and left into "Via Urbana".
-From Ciampino airport:
take the train FMA-Rome Ciampino and get off at termini - it goes along every 20 min. From 06.15am to 23.45pm - or take the special bus to termini station.