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cotta- tiled floors and the occasional statue. There's no breakfast but a drinks machine can
supply emergency coffee.
BIBI E ROMEO'S€
( 346 9656937;
www.bberomeo.com
; Via Andrea Doria 36; s €50-80, d €60-130, tr €90-130, q €100-150;
;
Ottaviano-San Pietro)
Up from a broad cafe-lined avenue, this excellent B&B offers a warm
welcome and smart, modern rooms themed after four writers - Neruda, Pessoa, Terzani
and Santagostino. There's a kitchen for guest use (with microwave and fridge), and the
owners are a mine of local information.
B&B
COLORS HOTEL€
Popular with young travellers, this is a bright budget hotel with smart, vibrantly coloured
rooms spread over three floors (no lift though). There are also cheaper rooms with shared
bathrooms and, from June to August, dorms (€12 to €35 per person) for guests under 38.
HOTEL
CASA DI ACCOGLIENZA PAOLO VI€
ano-San Pietro)
This tranquil, palm-shaded convent is ideally positioned for the Vatican Mu-
seums. The resident nuns keep everything ship-shape and the 21 small, sunny rooms are
clean as a pin, if slightly institutional in feel. No breakfast.
RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION
HOTEL BRAMANTE €€
HOTEL
( 06 6880 6426;
www.hotelbramante.com
; Vicolo delle Palline 24-25; s €100-160, d €140-240, tr €170-250, q
€175-260;
;
Piazza del Risorgimento)
Tucked away in an alleyway under the Vatican
walls, the Bramante exudes country-house charm with its cosy internal courtyard and
quietly elegant rooms - think rugs, wood-beamed ceilings and antiques. It's housed in the
16th-century building where architect Domenico Fontana once lived.
HOTEL FLORIDA€€
HOTEL
(
06 324 18 72;
www.hotelfloridaroma.it
; Via Cola di Rienzo 243; s €40-150, d €50-170, tr €65-200, q €80-210;
;
Via Cola di Rienzo)
This friendly two-star on Prati's main shopping strip is housed
