Hotel Palazzo Manfredi

220m, and nothing else in this comparison is closer

Of the 28 Rome properties on this site, this is the closest to the Colosseum. Via Labicana runs along the eastern flank of the amphitheatre, and 220m is close enough that the monument is the view rather than a walk.

	Distance	Among the 28 Rome stays
Colosseum	220m	closest
Roma Termini	1.3km	—
Pantheon	1.8km	—
St Peter’s Basilica	3.7km	among the furthest
Fiumicino Airport	23.5km	—

Read the bottom of that column and the shape is familiar: this is the Ancient Rome end of the city, which means the Vatican is the far end. At 3.7km, St Peter’s is a metro ride, and the Pantheon at 1.8km is a walk of about 20 minutes.

Rooms — 16 of them, and one question to ask first

Doubles, family rooms and suites in a building with fewer rooms than most hotels have on a single floor. Room names run from a suite with a view up through a grand suite, so the view is sold by room type rather than assigned on arrival.

One detail deserves flagging before you book. The property’s own address line states that lofts and apartments sit about 400 metres from the main hotel. That is easy to miss and it changes the whole proposition — if a Colosseum-facing room in the main building is why you are choosing this address, ask which unit your rate covers.

The 165-review sample is the thinnest of the 28 Rome stays here, so there is no recurring pattern about the rooms to report.

Facilities — a bar, a lounge, a gym and a restaurant, in 16 rooms

That list attached to a building this small is the whole character of the property. Staff come up in four of the eleven reviews we read, the view or terrace in three.

What you are actually buying is 220m. Via Labicana runs along the eastern flank of the amphitheatre, and no other property in this comparison is closer — the monument is the view rather than a walk.

There is no pool and no spa. At this size in this position, there is nowhere to put them.

Sixteen rooms, and one thing to confirm

Sixteen rooms is very small for a five-star, and it is the whole character of the property — there is a bar, a lounge, a gym and a restaurant attached to a building with fewer rooms than most hotels have on a single floor.

One detail deserves flagging before you book. The property’s own address line states that lofts and apartments are located about 400 metres from the main hotel. That is unusual and easy to miss. If the reason you are choosing this address is a Colosseum-facing room in the main building, ask which unit your rate covers rather than assuming.

What the reviews can and cannot tell you

165 reviews is the thinnest sample of the 28 Rome properties compared here. The 8.8 sitting on it also appears at two other properties in this comparison — neither a five-star, both carrying far more evidence — so read this score as an early one rather than a settled one.

Within the sample, staff come up in four of the eleven reviews we read and the view or terrace in three. There is no recurring complaint — but with a sample this size, the absence of a pattern is weaker information than a pattern would be.

If you want a Colosseum address with more evidence behind it, Hotel Hiberia and Hotel Artemide sit in the same district. If you want the view specifically, nothing here is closer than 220m.

We have not stayed here. This summarises patterns across the guest reviews on the booking page, read on the date below.

Before you book

• 16 rooms, five stars. Doubles, family rooms and suites are listed
• Check-in 15:00, check-out 12:00
• Confirm whether your booking is in the main building or the separate lofts and apartments
• Five stars means €10 per person per night in city tax, collected at check-out, capped at ten nights, and outside the rate you booked (the Italy page has the bands)

The rest of Ancient Rome’s stays are in hotels near the Colosseum; all six areas in where to stay in Rome.