We chose this hotel based on the location and reviews. I must say that this is the first time I felt let down by my fellow travellers. The only conclusion I can draw is that there are two locations- one on Piazza Navona and another closer to Campo di Fiori. This review is for the Campo- It was a hostel with a private bath. For the price paid it was noisy, poor beds, buggy, and generally a lousy stay. Sorry.

I picked that location mostly based on their rating (4.3) on TripAdvisor. Clearly, people who gave them that score dod not go to the same place we went. I'll have to be more careful with TripAdvisor in the future ;-)

Worst place I've ever stayed. Dirty, dark, and way too expensive, at 140 Euros per night (they even have the nerve to charge more on week-ends). It started on a very wrong foot when I showed up at the address on the venere.com confirmation eMail, only to find a closed door. Fortunately, they had left their phone number on the door AND I was smart enough to buy a Vodafone Italy SIM card previously. I called them, and had to walk yet a few nore blocks with all the luggage to get to our rooms, up to the 3rd floor a steep stairway.

The only redeeimng value of the place, besides very good Internet connectivity, is its location. But there is only so much I would be willing to pay for that.

The other good news is: rooms are furnished with towels with holes in them... but they don't charge for the holes :-)

If, on the other hand, you enjoy showering with a showerhead below your waistline, go for it!

Ricardo Talbot
Québec, Québec
Canada

We booked here because the web pictures looked promising, and it was close to Campo dei Fiori and Piazza Navona, our favourite area in the beautiful city. We arrived at the address and were greeted by a scruffy staircase and a lady saying "No, don't come up!" She then came down, and with a curt "Follow me," headed around the corner, a couple of hundred metres on, across the Corso Vittoria Emanuele and into another doorway in the Piazza San Pataleo, up an old elevator to the fourth floor. In a tiny foyer we were asked for "Passports!" and then "You pay now!" After a long and stressful journey, we were not ready to be rude or ask where we actually were. Credit card done, we were led down the passage to a very small room with an even smaller bathroom. The lady gave us some keys and left, never to be seen again. In fact, apart from two other guests, we did not see anyone else. We discovered by a card in the foyer that this was the Residenza San Pantaleo.
OK. So the room was very small. If you happened to drop the soap in the shower, you certainly would not be able to pick it up; and if you were the slightest bit portly, you wouldn't actually fit in the shower.
The redeeming features were clean sheets, reasonably quiet (because this room faced onto a courtyard as opposed to the Corso), and you are literally a couple of hundred metres from Piazza Navona. Another nice thing was that in place of breakfast, you get a voucher for a cafe and a cornetto at Gerri's Bar around the corner which is a genuine little place used by locals and not tourists.
I think you could do a lot better in Bella Roma.

This review is about 'Navona Luxury Home' their sister hotel just down the road.

Originally booked Residenza Navona First and after mutiple emails back and forth to the lovely and very tolerant Nadia we decided to stay at 'Navona Luxury Home' and we're glad we did.
It's a new boutique hotel situated in a beautiful old building with spectacular 20 foot doors at the entrance, it's located just around the corner from Piazza Navona and Campo de Fiori with some fantastic restaurants in the area.

The hotel is very central to all the major tourist attractions in Rome, we walked everywhere and didn't catch transport at all.
The family room was modern and spacious, comfortable for 4 adults, it had everything you needed including large flat screen TV and free wifi.
A hotel is just a room if not for the people, what made this holiday very special was the gorgeous Nadia and Serena they were absolutely fantastic, telling us the best places to shop what to see and where to eat and some other little secrets. Nothing was ever a problem, we really miss them.

Breakfast is include in the price and we were given vouchers to go to Gerrys a local coffee shop. We absolutely loved it, an espresso coffee, pastry and fresh juice every morning, just like the locals...'When in Rome do as the Romans do" and we sure did.

At the risk of telling the world, this was Rome's best kept secret. We can't wait to getback.