4 nights in Rome late September

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I'm off to Rome with my gf at the end of September - Monday to Friday. Looking for recommendations on places to stay which have a central location for sightseeing. I believe there is a ticket for all of the main tourist attractions so any info on that would be great.

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I'm also interested in this! How much does the flights cost? I want to go here with my GF and see the Colosseum etc. !
 
I stayed at La Griffe Luxury Hotel a couple of weeks ago...it's 10 mins walk from the main train station and was very good value (was part of an easjet holiday ~£400 each for 4 nights incl flights). You can walk to all the main attractions from there and it's just outside the immediate vicinity of the station (which has more than a bit of a run down feel). Only issue we had was that the room didn't have a window! Great rooftop terrace where you have your food and a bar as well (though a bit quiet)

If you don't mind a bit of walking, you won't need to bother with any public transport - Rome is very compact (population 2.8m)

We arrived on the Monday evening and left late of the Friday and did the lot at a very leisurely pace

There is a sort of triple ticket that covers the Capitoline hill, the Forum and the Colusseum. If the crowds are large at the Colusseum, go the the Capitoline hill first and buy the ticket there where the queue is minimal

If you go to the Vatican Museum, buy the tickets online before you go - believe me, the €4 per ticket 'booking fee' is money well spent...if you queue it's in the baking sun

Villa Borghese was worth a look, if you are into that sort of thing - just wondering around the park itself was pleasant

If you walk south on the Vatican side of the Tiber towards the river island there are loads of bars an food stalls down at the riverside, and quite a bit of live music a bit later on - wasn't mentioned in our guidebook
 
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koolpc said:
I would love to go to Rome! Where to start though as there is so much to see there!
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The Vatican - half a day to 1 day. Do the guided tour.
The Coliseum - half a day.

Then basically get a guide book and work your way down the Top 10. Most are all central apart from the Vatican and you can see a lot in 3 days.
 
Pipe & Slippers said:
I stayed at La Griffe Luxury Hotel a couple of weeks ago...it's 10 mins walk from the main train station and was very good value (was part of an easjet holiday ~£400 each for 4 nights incl flights). You can walk to all the main attractions from there and it's just outside the immediate vicinity of the station (which has more than a bit of a run down feel). Only issue we had was that the room didn't have a window! Great rooftop terrace where you have your food and a bar as well (though a bit quiet)

If you don't mind a bit of walking, you won't need to bother with any public transport - Rome is very compact (population 2.8m)

We arrived on the Monday evening and left late of the Friday and did the lot at a very leisurely pace

There is a sort of triple ticket that covers the Capitoline hill, the Forum and the Colusseum. If the crowds are large at the Colusseum, go the the Capitoline hill first and buy the ticket there where the queue is minimal

If you go to the Vatican Museum, buy the tickets online before you go - believe me, the €4 per ticket 'booking fee' is money well spent...if you queue it's in the baking sun

Villa Borghese was worth a look, if you are into that sort of thing - just wondering around the park itself was pleasant

If you walk south on the Vatican side of the Tiber towards the river island there are loads of bars an food stalls down at the riverside, and quite a bit of live music a bit later on - wasn't mentioned in our guidebook
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Seems pretty cheap for such a nice place.
 
Can't recommend a hotel as ours was a bit kak, but as Raymond said do the the Vatican and the Colosseum.

For the Vatican you can book online and collect your tickets, do this, otherwise you can be queueing for 2 hours plus just to get a ticket.
Colosseum tickets can also be bought at the Roman Forum down the road, again this will save you ages standing in a queue.

For food I would recommend venturing across the river to Trastevere, its a really nice area to eat and outside of the usual tourist trap prices. There is an amazing restaurant called "Grazia Graziella" near the Santa Maria in Trastevere, the food was incredible and reasonably priced, we probably would have ate there all week if it was up to me.

edit: don't forget to eat your own weight in gellato.
 
Camalot said:
I'm also interested in this! How much does the flights cost? I want to go here with my GF and see the Colosseum etc. !
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We paid £160 total. If we booked a few days earlier we would have saved a few quid but now they're around £180.

Thanks for all the top tips guys. Keep them coming :)
 
Seems pretty cheap for such a nice place
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Sort of - look at the Trip Advisor reviews and they are generally really good....but remember our room didn't have a window! Some people would have rated it very low because of this. We just shrugged our shoulders, looked at the cost, and thought you get what you pay for....Most of the other hotels we saw in the area were pretty low rent, esp near the train station

Don't want to sing its praises too much but it's the 4th easyjet holidays' break I've been on in 18 months and I guess they are squeezing margins all the way
 
I couldn't stay in a room without a window, perhaps old fashioned but even if it is facing an alleyway I still want a window.

What I found difficult to find in Rome is rooms that is decorated in a clean and modern manner, as a lot of them have floral décor…that's just a personal taste. Suite Dreams' breakfast hall also have a giant print of all the Simpsons characters on the wall which I found fascinating. The coffee machine (Nespreso) was help yourself kind of affair. It is a small hotel, practically boutique, about 20 rooms but it still have a 24 hour front desk. The hotel is on the 1st floor (that is 1 up from the ground for those who are confused what is Ground/1st/2nd) with a really cool elevator up, one of those you only see in movies. It is round the corner from the metro station so easy to get to and from the airport although we took the taxi in when we landed.

For food, we didn't use Trip Advisor at the time, more just wonder and eat whereever kind of people, but do stay away from the places on tourist spots, if you just look at the prices on the menu you'll clearly see a marked difference.

Do buy lots of Gelato, they are great !
 
tlrBeta said:
I stayed here - http://www.relais6.com/ = http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g187791-d1510499-Reviews-s1-Relais_6-Rome_Lazio.html

Great location out of the main center, very easy connections to all sightseeing spots.
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I've also stayed here. Its a great hotel, brilliant staff, nice rooms, but it is a little out of the way. Generally you'd have to use the bus or the metro to get into the City Centre. Metro was fine for us, but was a little bit of a walk to get to the station.
 
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