Hotel Sole al Biscione
One of the most ancient hotels in Rome (with the beds to prove it) in a terrific location
Via del Biscione 76 (Lower Tiber Bend) - Half a block north of Campo de' Fiori
tel. +39-06-6880-6873
www.solealbiscione.it
€€–€€€€
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This is Rome's oldest hotel, and I'd swear some of the rock-hard pillows, sway-backed cots, and peeling wall linoleum date back to the day it opened in 1462. But, really, that's the only downside—and that's by far not typical of all the rooms.
Many rooms are in far better shape, with nicely-tooled, old-fashioned wood furnishings, and you get to pick your size: none are miniscule, but you can always trade up to a larger room for a bit more cash (and it has to be cash; credit cards are not accepted).
The windows are double-glazed, but that does little against the nighttime noise pollution from revelers spilling out of the bar-lined piazza at the end of the street (this joint is across the street and up the block a bit from the Hotel Campo de' Fiori); I'd request a room overlooking the garden courtyard.
Fourth-floor rooms cost a bit more because they drink in a rooftop view featuring a few Baroque church domes and a sea of TV aerials.
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This material was last updated February 2011. All information was accurate at the time.
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