Sky Blue Place Rome

“Okay overall.”

The overall price to quality was very good compared to other hotels in the neigberhood. I liked: + bed was good + AC was good + wifi worked great + room cleaning each day Keep in mind, this is a Bed & Breakfast only place. There was no staff on-site. My main dislike was the check-in procedure ,w… more

The overall price to quality was very good compared to other hotels in the neigberhood. I liked: + bed was good + AC was good + wifi worked great + room cleaning each day Keep in mind, this is a Bed & Breakfast only place. There was no staff on-site. My main dislike was the check-in procedure ,which is why I knocked off a few points in my rating. After doing the online check-in, I was supposed to get an e-mail with an access code and more details on how to enter. That e-mail didn't arrive, so I contacted the place. They told me that City Tax was not payed and provided the link. Did that, but still no access code e-mail and now my check-in status turned into "Not feasible" (was a green "Checked in" before). So contacted them again, then finally got the required e-mail. I will give credit where due, the property does respond to e-mails and phone calls in a timely manner, so that is good at least. But really wish they would have sent a video to detail the entry procedure all the way to them room, because the e-mail instructions were lacking. First off, there is no sign on the outside of the building. So you have to know the correct building and the address. The main entrance is in the middle of the building, two large brown doors. (closed after about 18:00, open during the day). If the doors are closed you have to ring the intercom. There are two of them, one on the left and the other on the right. Sky Blue Place is on the right hand intercom, bottom half. After ringing the intercorm, you need to open the link in the e-mail on your phone and click a button, that will buzz you in. Then you have to proceed through the archway into the inner courtyard, to the right is a glass door leading to the B staircase. Ring the intercom there and click the button on your phone again. Go up the stairs (or use the small metall mesh elevator, usually seen in French movies), another button press on the phone to buzz you in. Go to your room door, this where I had the most trouble. Near your door is a key lock box named WISP. It's a black-gray box whith a black shutter on the upper half. You need to slide that shutter downwards. Inside you need to set the PIN code that you got in your e-mail. Next to the PIN dials is a small black lever like button. You need to pull that down. The box has a hinge on the bottom, so while the lever is down you have to swing it open from the upper portion. But there is no proper handle for this motion, so basically pull with your finger tips whilest holding the lever down. Then finally you get access to your keycards. Hold the keycard to the upper part of the door handle frame. Mind you, if you stay solo for multiple nights, leave for the day and something happens to your phone (drop it, brake it, lose Internet) then you are royally screwed. There is nobody on-site to buzz you in and you lost your only way of contacting the property too... You do get a decent mini market in the same building, right around the corner. Bought some plastic spoons and youghurt from there, as well as water. The breakfast place is very near by, literally a couple of steps to the adjacent building. But you only get coffee, croiscant or sandwich, and a small bottle of water. The breakfast voucher was supposed to be in my room, but didn't find it, contacted the property and they e-mailed it to me. I showed the voucher to the cashier (behind the counter), who noted down how many days I would be staying. Then sat down at a table and ordered my breakfast from the waiter. (next day skipped the cashier and sat down immediately, waiter already knew of my voucher - perhaps just remembered) Overall would probably stay there again. Mind you the bed in my room was on the short side, so 180+ cm people would have their feet over the edge when lying straight.

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