Hotel Ponte Bianco

“Great little hotel”

My wife and I stayed here this summer. The hotel is located outside the tourist area of central Rome and as such it was cheaper to stay here. It is in a quiet residential area. We found the hotel to be a great base for exploring Rome. It is a short 10 min stroll from the tram stop and from there on… more

My wife and I stayed here this summer. The hotel is located outside the tourist area of central Rome and as such it was cheaper to stay here. It is in a quiet residential area. We found the hotel to be a great base for exploring Rome. It is a short 10 min stroll from the tram stop and from there only 15 mins on the tram to virtually the centre of Rome. The hotel was clean and our rooms were cleaned every day. There was always an English speaking person on the front desk 24 hours a day and they were always very helpful and friendly and advising us what to do and where to go if we asked. We had booked a room only but we were able to purchase a good breakfast in the dining room each day if we wished for 4 Euros which I thought was very reasonable. The room we had didn't have kitchen facilities ( I'm not sure whether this applies to the other rooms ) but it did have a mini fridge which we found very useful. We were able to purchase some cheap plastic cutlery from a shop and buy some milk / breakfast provisions and eat in our room each morning if we were in a rush and didn't have time for the dining room so the fridge was a real bonus for us. There is also a room with a room where you can leave your luggage on your last day if you have had to vacate your own room. Five minutes walk up the road was the local railway station which was only one stop / 5 minutes from the Vatican so in combination with the local tram stop down the road this hotel is very well placed for getting about Rome easily. Using public transport in Rome is really easy. On our first morning we took a 15 min stroll down to Trastevere railway station ( passing our normal tram stop ) where we each bought a weekly transport ticket that allowed us unlimited use for a week on the trams, buses and LOCAL railway service. A word on visiting Rome - plan your sightseeing itinery in advance and purchase / print out your entrance tickets before you go. Although we still had to queue a little bit in some places we missed out a lot of the really big queues. We were even able to book advance tickets for the fast train down to Naples at just after 9.00 and visit Pompeii one day. We were able to spend 7 hours in Pompeii and that amount of time is needed if you want to see / read everything!b In summary this is a nice hotel in a nice enough location - well placed for transport. It is clean, the rooms are comfortable and shower / toilet facilities were good. The staff were very friendly and helpful and the price very good for Rome. I would thoroughly recommend this hotel and I would definitely stay here again.

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