Residence Sacconi

I had booked a double room, but my son got sick and I was alone. I didn't know if other rooms were occupied, you couldn't close the bedroom door with multiple warrants and there was no internal security latch. The building seemed uninhabited. After one night I left. No possibility to leave your luggage during the city tour. Modern and elegant furnishings, good facilities in the bathroom and bedroom.

Stayed here for one night in June while attending the Depeche Mode concert at the Olympic Stadium. The plus point: We couldn't have picked a better location, just 15 mins easy walk across the bridge and we were back in our room, while thousands were struggling to find transportation into Central Rome. The room was spacious but very basic, to the point of being a bit run-down. The double bed was old and hard, with only one pillow each, but it was tolerable for one night. The aircon was effective at keeping the room cool. We were on the top floor (7th) and there was no noise disturbance from inside or outside the building at night. A little 15" TV was provided in the room, but the power socket was broken and hanging from the wall, so we didn't dare use it due to safety concerns. The room has a separate small kitchen, with an old electric oven and hobs. Our booking said that there was supposed to be a microwave, but there definitely wasn’t. There was also no kettle for making hot drinks, so we had to buy our own jar of coffee and boil up some water in a pan which was a bit inconvenient. The bathroom was very dated, with a shower head on a hose above a bathtub. Water pressure was low, and the fittings that were supposed to hold the hose in place were loose/broken, meaning that we had to shower whilst holding the spray in one hand. Not impressed. The guy on reception was friendly enough and check in/out were very quick. There are two heavily armed military guards stationed at the entrance to this property, day and night, and I still don’t have a clue why! Perhaps to stop someone stealing the remaining kettles and microwaves from the rooms which still have them (?!) Overall, this is an acceptable place to stay for an overnighter if you are attending an event at the Olympic Stadium, and want to get ‘home’ quickly & safely afterwards; and if you are not too fussy or expecting the Ritz.

This apart/hotel is less than a 10 minute walk to Foro Italico and the Olympic Stadium. My wife and I stayed here to visit the Rome Masters tennis and couldn't have picked a better location. It cost us 15 euros to get there from the city centre by taxi but if we had known sooner, we could have travelled by Metro and Tram for 1 euro 50 cents each and when we left to return to Ciampino Airport, instead of paying 50 euros for a taxi, it cost us only 12 euro 80 cents. The Tram stop is only one minute away and takes you to Piazza del Poppolo in about 5 or 6 minutes. From there you can walk to Trevi Fountain or The Spanish Steps in five minutes or access the Metro and travel all over Rome. As I said, the ticket costs 1.50 but this gives unlimited access to Trams, Metro and Buses for 100 minutes. The apartment was large and clean but was tired looking and could do with a bit of an upgrade, especially the kitchen units and appliances, although this would not put us off staying there again. The only down side for us was that none of the reception staff we encountered could speak very good English and neither my wife nor I can speak Italian which caused a bit of a problem when we were booking out at 6.00am and the guy on reception didn't know how to work the credit card machine; however between us we eventually managed to get it working,