Hotel d'Inghilterra Rome

The location is close to everything for the tourist. The Spanish Steps is really steps away, and there are infinite amount of restaurants and shops nearby. The hotel is in one of those elder building, however the inside is finished with really nice design and good taste. The breakfast is delicious and the service is welcoming as well. The only downside is the room is really really small compared to other hotels I have stayed in Italy.

Let’s start with the best part, the staff is extremely nice. Everyone was very helpful and friendly. More so than most hotels. However, there are a couple of negatives. This is an extremely expensive hotel on par with the most expensive room rates in Rome. Unfortunately, though it was very nice, it just does not deliver good value. Our one bedroom suite cost us over $9000 US for four days, it’s standard room would’ve been around $4500. We at first thought we had a bit better deal and didn’t realize that the thousand dollar “supplement” was a daily charge — it’s really a good idea to look carefully when you sign in and the confusion was not their fault. Thank God a goodly portion of this was covered by AMEX points. The bed was as hard as a rock (not uncommon in Rome) and the friendly staff kindly supplied half inch foam pads to soften it up for my spouse. We considered relocating to the grand. hotels Hassler or Eden in a less expensive room and on reflection wish we had. The high floor room jn the “quaint” former nobleman’s mansion had a bathroom entryway so low that we repeatedly smashed our head stepping down into it. Although there was wireless signal there was no Internet access during the entire four days stay. Unfortunately, I did not have a cellular option on my notebook so was not able to do some of the work I had brought with me. We were told there was a temporary outage in the neighborhood, but our friends who had rented an apartment across the street had full Internet. Obviously, this was isolated to the hotel. When it rains, as it often does in Rome, the Hotel does not use the outside dining area for breakfast, or at least it did not do so on the morning of her last day when the inside area was jampacked and with a line of a Chinese tour group members who were Johnny on the spot at 7:15 AM. Fortunately, we had not paid for the breakfast supplement or we would have been out of pocket. Instead we had the opportunity to work on our diets by way of a little unplanned intermittent fasting. It would’ve been nice to have a cup of coffee considering that we were paying almost $100 per hour for every privileged hour at the hotel. If this were a somewhat less expensive hotel, I would definitely come back for the nice surroundings and much nicer staff and would be prepared to put up with the inconveniences and idiosyncrasies. The location is excellent. However, it’s more than probable that we will look at other options next time.