Description: We stayed five nights at the Bailey's Hotel. It's about a 10-15 minute walk from the Termini or a short cab ride around the back of the Baths of Diocletian on a narrow street parallell to XX Settembre. That's handy for the busses and there are two Metro stops within about 15 minutes walk as well.
The staff at the hotel were top notch, very helpful and friendly. Any request was quickly attended to and they had lots of suggestions for restaurants and things to do and how to get there on the map they gave us.
We had a superior double room and it was on the top floor facing in inner courtyard. The room was very quiet as a result but the street itself wasn't really busy with traffic. The room was large by European standards and we had lots of room. The bed is a king sized one with a memory foam mattress I think. We found it quite comfortable. There's a mini-bar that we used to store some of our own cold drinks. The hotel has free wifi and it worked very well for us.
It was still too early for them to have the heat on (early November) and the Air conditioning was a little chilly at times. Didn't seem to be a way to turn it down by temperature though we could turn the fan down but it wasn't that much of a problem and there were extra blankets in the wardrobe if we had found it cold at night though we were fine with the covers on the bed.
The bathroom was a decent size with a tub and shower which was nicer than a small corner shower unit. The lights worked on the key card and there's a motion light that turns on outside the bathroom which was good for night time access.
The only thing I'd complain about for the room was that there wasn't a lot of storage for clothes aside from the wardrobe and we wanted some drawers to unpack. We used shelves in the wardrobe instead. Also the safe in the wardrobe was not big enough for a small laptop. When you offer free wifi, it makes sense to have a laptop-sized safe in the room.
Breakfast was included and was a fairly decent buffet of pastries, rolls, cereal, ham, cheese, yogurt and scrambled eggs. There was a selection of Twinings teas and little teapots which was nice as i am not much of a coffee drinker. My partner's opinion was that the coffee wasn't great but you could ask for a cappucino which was made fresh and he said that was quite good. We did find that the eggs were a bit rubbery, as well and the juices were little more than coloured sugary water. That definitely needs improving.
There's a little bar on the ground floor and the staff that served us there were always pleasant.
We got a good deal booking through Air Canada's hotel website (pay for four nights, get a fifth free so that worked out to a 20% discount).
Unique Qualities: Free wifi, fairly good breakfast. Some very good restaurants down the street a few blocks, transportation handy. Excellent staff!
I would stay here again.
Directions: One street behind/parallel to Via XX Settembre, close to Piazza Repubblica
We paid about 150 canadian dollars a night with a 20 percent discount through the Air Canada hotel booking site that gave us the fifth night free.
Website: http://www.hotelbailey.com/
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