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launderette/Internetcaféishandy(€8full-servewashanddry,Internetaccess-€1.50/hour,€2
luggage storage per day—or free if you wash and go online, daily 8:30-23:00, just off Via
Milazzo at Via Varese 33, tel. [phone]).
$ The Beehive gives vagabonds—old and young—a cheap, clean, and comfy home in
Rome, thoughtfully and creatively run by Steve and Linda, a friendly American couple,
and their hardworking staff. They offer six great-value artsy-mod double rooms (D-€80, T-
€105), and an eight-bed dorm (€30 bunks). Their nearby annex, The Sweets, has similar
style and several rooms with private baths (Sb-€60, Db-€100, air-con-€10, Internet access
and Wi-Fi, private garden terrace, 2 blocks from Termini train station at Via Marghera 8, tel.
06-4470-4553, www.the-beehive.com , [e-mail] ).
$ Hotel Select Garden, a modern and comfortable 21-room hotel run by the cheery
Picca family, boasts lively modern art adorning the walls and a beautiful lemon-tree garden.
It's a safe, tranquil, and welcoming refuge just a couple of blocks from the train station
(Sb-€95, Db-€120, Tb-€140, show this topic and ask for best Rick Steves price, air-con,
Wi-Fi, Via V. Bachelet 6, tel. [phone], fax [phone], www.hotelselectgarden.com ,
[e-mail] , Armando).
$ Hotel Sileo, with shiny chandeliers in dim rooms, is a homely little place renting 10
basic rooms (Db-€75, Tb-€90, air-con, elevator, Wi-Fi, Via Magenta 39, fourth floor, tel.
& fax [phone], www.hotelsileo.com , [e-mail] ). Friendly Alessandro and
Maria Savioli don't speak English, but daughter Anna does.
$ Hotel Robinson is just a few steps from the station, but tucked away from the com-
motion. Set on an interior courtyard, it has 20 simple rooms that are a fine value (Sb-€65,
Db-€85, Tb-€120, mention this topic for these rates and a small breakfast, air-con-€10,
Wi-Fi, Via Milazzo 3, tel. [phone], fax [phone], www.hotelrobinsonrome.com ,
[e-mail] ).
$ Funny Palace Hostel, adjacent to Splashnet and run by its entrepreneurial owner
Mabri, rents dorm beds in quiet four-person rooms and 18 stark-but-clean private rooms
(dorm beds-€25, Db-€100, cash only, reception in the launderette—described earlier, Via
Varese 33/31, tel. [phone], www.hostelfunny.com ) .
$ Yellow Hostel rents 130 beds in 4-, 6-, and 12-bed coed dorms to 18- through 39-year-
olds only (they also have 11 private rooms). Hip yet sane, it's well-run with fine facilities,
including lockers. There's no curfew, and its café/late-night bar is next door (€18-35/bed
depending on plumbing, size, and season; reserve via email—no telephone reservations ac-
cepted, Wi-Fi and iPad rental available, 6 blocks from station, just past Via Vicenza at Via
Palestro 40/44, tel. [phone], www.yellowhostel.com ).