The Vatican Garden Inn was clean and the sleeping area spacious. The staff were always helpful and provided excellent tourist maps. Perfect location with the train only a couple of blocks away, and the Vatican only 5 or so blocks. If you have trouble sleeping, this is not the place for you, as the walls are thin, and you hear all the noise both inside and outside the hotel. Breakfast was on the porch outside, but too cold for the winter. Everything was always gone by 8:00 in the morning, and we would have liked more rolls and cold cuts. All in all, though, you can't beat the location. There are nicer hotels out on the edge of Rome, but those require a lot more train and bus travel!

This 2 star is just feet from St Peters and is a gorgeous little guest house that has prices within reason and a homely feel. The owners are a quaint couple but most importantly the room was a cool, quiet base where we could rest our weary feet at night.

Attention : rooms , baths very nice calssic decoration and new, but too small, bathrooms appx 1 sq. meter!!, and watch out some rooms are 200 mts away from hotel in other building...don't accept as very uncomfortable to have room in 1 place and hotel reception, breakfast ecc... in other place!!! watch out breakfast is served in an outside tent in court yard with poor quality products and freezing (at least in january!)!!.. stay in another place!!!! there are another 200 hotels in central rome for same price!!!

The location was great. Short walk to St. Peter's, a Metro stop, shopping, and restaurants. The rooms were very nice and extremely quiet. However, the staff seems a little disorganized. Although the buffet breakfast was posted to begin at 7:30, the few times our schedule dictated a 7:30 breakfast, it wasn't ready nor was anyone around to ask about it. We were moved mid-stay to a different room which was kind of irritating since we weren't warned when we checked in that this was going to happen. These are far from major inconveniences but weren't what we experienced in other 3-star hotels we stayed in during our vacation.