I will be visiting Rome in June and was able to have a family member extend a fabulous employee rate of $75.00 US a night for a double room. The hotel provides a shuttle from FCO airport which is convenient. The only downfall is that the hotel is located 20 minutes from the city center. The hotel does provide a continuous shuttle service daily to the city center and it is also my understanding there there is a train station across the street which would be another option. We will be taking a mediterranean cruise and have decided to spend 5 days in rome so that we have time to see all the sites prior to boarding the cruise. I know that we cannot beat the price, however, I would like to know how huge of an inconvenience this would be to be away from the city center. Our goal is to take the shuttle into the city center each morning with most likely doing all the sites with a return back to the hotel after dinner.
We were also considering staying in Rome for 3 days and then moving to Sorrento for an overnighght stay so that we have the opportunity to do Pompeii. The cruise will be stopping in Naples, however, we really wanted to take the hydrofoil to Capri as we were not sure if we would be able to do Capri and Pompeii in the 10 hours we will be in port. We can also do a day trip to Pompeii just to get out of the city. Not sure if Sorrento is a must see while in that area. I figured if we spent an overnight in Sorrento that perhaps we can take a bus tour of the Amalfi Coast.
Any suggestions and feedback on the above is greatly appreciated. Thank you.