Gregorio VII Luxury Suites

Well what can I say? The first shock came when the taxi dropped us off in front of some kind of fruit and vegetable store on a busy road. The taxi driver was kind enough to show us a gated and locked enterance into some kind of unlit dungeon. Luckily somebody was on their way out and we were able to tailgate entry into the complex. Inside here there was no concierge, it looked like a block of flats. Here we had no idea where we were supposed to be or who we were supposed to meet. We were convinced we were in the wrong place. But outside the iron bars it was clearly noted: "Gregorio VII Luxury Suites" After rummaging through our reservations and trying to find another human soul we conceded and decided to call the person. The place was upstairs on the first floor, through a rickety 18th Century claustraphobic lift. The enterance was as pictured in the first picture, it just looked like the enterance to just another block of flats. Inside it really was a block of flats, true they were converted and looked fairly decent for the area they were in, but it looked like a bed and breakfast, and certainly no luxury suite. Some of our fellow tenants were the dozens of ants crawling along the floor which made us reluctant to leave any of our things on the floor, lest they'd become the new domiciles of these arachnoids. We locked our stuff in the safe a couple of times as the instructions to operate the thing was not clear and wasn't even working. We went to the 'reception' area only to see that nobody else was in the building! We had to call the owner/manager and he raced his way back to open the safe, which we appreciated. Every day the maid, cleaned our rooms and towels and this is why we don't give 0 stars, because the bed was well made and towels replaced. Overall we were never goign to stay in the room for that long anyway, and the memory foam mattresses and pillows rested our weary bodies, but the ants and the rather stern "Check-out time finish!" spoiled the experience. When I saw this place online, it looked like a luxury hotel. But we saw just a converted bunch of flats.

We had an excellent room and service. Good location for access to the Vatican by bus or on foot. Busy street but handy for restaurants, bank, pharmacy etc. Very accommodating and helpful hosts.