Grand Hotel Gianicolo

Prós: The hotel's location is beautiful. On top of the beautiful, green Gianicolo Hill. The pool is a gem for staying in Rome in summer. The breakfast pretty decent and is served at the terrace of the ...

Contras: I stayed at a standard room. I was first given a room at the 1st floor, which was pretty small and dark. When I went to the room I realized they used the kind of cleaning product with heavy parfume ...

Prós: I loved that the hotel was near Trastevere and also the Gianicolo hill where you can watch beautiful sunset. The pool was great and big enough. The breakfast was also good and it was nice that on our ...

Contras: On our first night there was a pool party at the hotel so we couldn't sleep until the loud music had stopped. I could understand loud music and partying at a youth hostel but not at a four star ...

Prós: My first room was very small so up graded second room was better,could do with some updating and corners need good clean and some renovations,but if that your thing then all ok. Have to book sunbeds,...

Contras: Small room

Prós: The pool, all staff EXCEPT reception, food quality, breakfast The hotel is very nice - lovely grounds and beautiful pool. The pool staff, housekeeping, and bellhops were excellent. They all made a special effort to be kind and friendly, especially to our young son. The food was delicious (room service and by the pool), and the breakfast outstanding. Lots to choose from and freshly prepared. Also no matter what time we went to breakfast everything was fully stocked.

Contras: Room size, Reception staff, location, food price, wi-fi There were three of us and our room was TINY. So small, in fact, that we didn't have space to open more than one suitcase at a time. They should have been ashamed of themselves for putting us the room they did. The wi-fi was ATROCIOUS. It didn't work by the pool at all, and barely worked in the rooms - constantly dropping off. And they would give us a daily user-id and password which was a hassle. The hotel didn't offer any sort of information book, so when we got to our room we had no idea how things worked - the pool, breakfast, wi-fi, tv, etc. We had to ask questions constantly, and the reception staff was not forthcoming with information (we got an eye roll once). The hotel is a bit too far away from main Rome attractions to make it possible to walk both to and from things, which added a lot to our stay since we ended up taking a taxi at least one direction (at 20 euro a pop). That said, it's in a lovely residential area that was quiet and very close to the Trestavere district, which was nice. Lastly, while the food at the bar was delicious, it is VERY pricey with not many options.