I'm this close to booking Hotel Sonya for 2 nights in late May for 104 euros a night. Is that a good rate? I think I've answered my own question but I'd like some feedback.
Thank you!
Posted by
Forest Grove, OR
11333 posts
In Rome? Yes, a great rate! Does it have a bathroom? :-)
Posted by
San Diego
1540 posts
In the same area near the Central train station there are several budget hotels and I've stayed in the Sonya, Contilia, Aberdeen - I am a solo traveler and felt very safe walking around this area - day and night.
To answer your question I think the rate you quoted sounds good.
Posted by
OP
73 posts
Thank you! I think I will book it. Although I just read about someone whose room was broken in to a couple of years ago and had everything stolen.
Posted by
Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
23278 posts
We routine stay in Sonya when in Rome. It is great hotel and that is a super rate because normally pay closer to 200 Euro. I have no idea about you last comment. Cite the source and maybe someone can determine if the report is creditable.
Posted by
OP
73 posts
Hi Frank...the comment was in the Rick Steve's forum of Hotel Reviews..I did a search on Hotel Sonya and it came up. It seems so many people stay there and it's RS recommended so it must be good!
Posted by
Seattle, WA, USA
7737 posts
Always helpful to include a link. Here's one to the review that mentions the room being robbed:
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/italy-reviews/disappointed-in-hotel-selene-in-rome
Curiously, the url says this is for Hotel Selene, not Sonya, a different hotel, so perhaps some confusion about which hotel was actually involved. (Not to mention that the victims chose not to use the hotel safe.)
Posted by
OP
73 posts
Yea..that's odd. The poster refers to Hotel Sonya though. Weird.
Posted by
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA
13955 posts
I stayed here on a Rick Steves tour. Is this a single room? If so I will tell you it may be pretty small and I have stayed in some smaaall single rooms, lol! The breakfast is very good! Very nice selection.
That URL IS odd because as OP points out the actual thread is about Hotel Sonya not Hotel Selene (which is nearby on the same street).
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
15193 posts
That's cheap for Rome, even near Termini.
Posted by
Washington DC
27142 posts
Be prepared for inexpensive single rooms to be very, very small, especially in large cities where costs per square foot are rather high. When buildings are turned into hotels and there's a bit of space left over that's really too small for a room, it gets turned into an economy single. Nothing wrong with small as long as you are prepared for it. I have had rooms where I struggled to find a convenient place on the floor to leave my small suitcase. And don't get me (or the rest of the forum) started on the size of the showers in Italian budget hotels!
The single room I had in a budget Trastevere hotel in 2015 was so small that when the hotel received the reservation from booking.com, it sent me an email warning about the size of the room (perhaps because I am an American). But I had done my due diligence by reading all the reviews on booking.com and already knew the hotel had a minute single room.