http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-23T21:25:37Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Rome%20Hotel%20Reviews http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/25/112114/349 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Beehive.jpg" class="imgborder"><br> <p><i>Hotel Maven <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/amandak/stories">Amanda K</a> reports....</i><p>If you're looking for budget in Rome, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Beehive/local/670"><b>The Beehive</b></a> promotes itself as the "most stylish and contemporary of Rome's budget hotels and hostels". Not only is it relatively cheap (from &#128;70 for a double private room--or just &#128;20 for a bunk bed in a hostel room), it's also kinda cool.<p> Opened by an American couple in 1999, The Beehive is proud to use organic olive oil and recycled toilet paper, it has a yoga space and is strongly against culturally-cringy pub crawls and charging for internet access. In fact, the owners sum it all up kinda nicely themselves (just try and read through the necessary self-promotional overtones):</p><blockquote><p>We pride ourselves on being juliana 2007-06-25T11:26:18-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/21/124451/811 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hiltonrome_gladiator.png" class="imgborder"><p>If you plan on heading to Rome this summer, why not <i>really</i> do as the Romans do? Or did at one point in time. <p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hilton+Cavalieri+-+Rome/ian/113127"><b>The Rome Cavalieri Hilton</b></a> is offering guests the opportunity to learn old-school gladiator moves. Yup, if you envied Russell Crowe in the movie <i>Gladiator</i>, then you can learn all the tricks of his trade.<p>The hotel has paired up with the <a href="http://www.gsr-roma.com/">Gruppo Storico Romano</a>--a group devoted to the ancient gladiator culture--to create the Cavalieri Gladiator Training program. The one-day only lesson begins in the hotel's 15-acre private park with you and the other seven participants chanting the ritual gladiator chant: &nbsp;"Ave Cesare! Morituri te salutant" which translates to "Hail Caesar! Those who are juliana 2007-06-21T12:49:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/17/133648/28 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/tomkat_suri.jpg"><p>For the record, we could care less about the TomKat wedding. It just seems like another big ole publicity stunt for the couple, timed to coincide with the DVD release of Mission Impossible III. <p>Ok, so that DVD came out like three weeks ago but still. Isn't weird that the couple first started dating right before "War of the Worlds" then had a baby right before "Mission Impossible III"? And that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to rumours about the crazy couple.<p>But nonetheless, we must focus on what's going on in Italia, thanks to the celebrity-studded wedding guest list.<p>For the last week, the couple has been staying at the <a href="http://www.hotelhasslerroma.com/"><b>Hassler Villa Medici</b></a> hotel in juliana 2006-11-17T13:56:27-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/8/103653/508 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/arcangelo_referee.jpg">There's been some buzz going around lately that travel writers haven't really been giving us the full truth about the destinations they've been visiting. Mostly because the hotel or it's PR department is paying for their trip.<p>So we've pulled out our dusty <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/7/25/10471/5174/hotels/Refereeing_Hotel_Reviews_Jamaica">referee whistle</a> and looked closley at the reviews for <a href="http://www.travel.it/ROMA/arcangelo/dove_en.htm"><b>Hotel Arcangelo</b></a>. Recently, MSNBC Travel writer John Frenaye at this hotel in Rome with his family and found it great: <blockquote><p>The room was fabulous, the daily breakfast was more than adequate and the service was sublime.</blockquote></p><p> Hmm, but our research says that the rooms are dirty, the staff can be rude, and well, see for yourself on the breakfast: <blockquote><p>The breakfast is basic continental and Courtney 2006-11-08T12:38:55-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/2/111355/491 <![CDATA[<p> <i>We are suckers for a room with a killer view. &nbsp;We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.</i><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/killerview_albergo.jpg"><p>For first-timers visiting Rome, the <a href="http://www.hotelsolealpantheon.com/"><b>Albergo del Sole Al Pantheon</b></a> is a great hotel to hit up. Look at this view from Room juliana 2006-11-02T11:13:55-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/