A travel reporter compares hotel rooms in Rome at different price points, starting with a $95 guest house. She provides a detailed tour of the room and property, discusses its location, and lists the pros (cleanliness, quiet neighborhood) and cons (inaccessibility due to no elevator access for guests). She then moves to a $182 hotel, showcasing its smaller room but highlighting unique features like a view of Nero's Aqueduct and a charming garden entryway.
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What does a $100 hotel room look like in Rome?
The average hotel rates in the Italian capital, as of April, are $299, which is up about 14 percent year over year. Does that mean you can’t find a good room on a budget?
I tested properties in three price categories to see what you could get for around $100, $200 and $300, staying at:
- Lazy Gio Guest House: $95
- @hotelemonaaquaeductus: $182
- @residenzamaritti: $303
* edit: some places let you pay the tourist tax by card!
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Transcript
What does a $100 hotel room look like in Rome? I compared options around 100, dollars 200, rank $300 a night. My parameters, they had to look safe, and they needed to be comparable in price in peak season as they were when I was going, which was a tall order given Rome's No neighborhood in about a fifteen minute walk from the Northeastern edge of the Villa Borghese Rank. I actually loved being away from the tourist throngs of Central Central Rome. The bed was comfortable. The ceilings were high. It was spotless. Low lights. Guests are not allowed to use the building's elevator, and the guest worse is up three floors, so it is inaccessible to travelers with mobility concerns. In the $200 range, the small double room at the Hotel Imona Aqueductus ran me $182 a night. It was the smallest room of my experiment, but I could see Nero's Aqueduct from my bed. I loved the garden entryway for unwinding after a long day. And it was
