Hotel Memphis

My family and I were on vacations in Rome and we stayed at the Memphis hotel. The hotel is small compared to hotels in the USA, but that is expected in Europe, specially since the hotel is only a couple of blocks away from the Trevi Fountain and a 7 minutes walk from the Spanish Steps. Location is great! not only for the attractions, there is a family-owned pizzeria downstairs, a café in the corner, and a gelateria across the street! there is a super-market and a pharmacy around the corner and another café open-24 hours a day 1-block away in Piazza Barberini. Great location! You can also walk to the Pantheon or other attractions from here in less than 10 minutes. We also walked to Piazza del Popolo and took us only 15 minutes. Personnel in the front desk is super-friendly and helpful, and they give you all kind or recommendations and they get you a taxi in 2-minutes! They speak English, Spanish, French and Italian so communication is easy. Breakfast buffet is good and typically Italian, with coffee, local fruits, cold cuts and plenty of pastries! Buffet is open 7-10am so it's perfect to start your day early or late. Rooms are super-clean. They change sheets every day and disinfect the bathroom daily as well, and room-service personnel is friendly and no-pushy. They wait until you go out to enjoy the city for cleaning the room. The only thing didn't make it perfect was the temperature of the room. Rome is warm even in winter, and the air-conditioning is controlled by the front-desk, so the thermostat in you room is for decoration purposes only. Our room was always above 77 degrees Fahrenheit (25 Celsius), and living in Illinois, USA we do prefer 71-72 (22 Celsius), but this is not an European thing and they did not bring it down, so we ended up open the windows the entire day while we were out, so the room was colder when we came back at night. We are planning on going back next summer, so will see, so this is the only bad note about this hotel. So we are planning on staying again in hotel Memphis for our next vacations, and we strongly recommend it, but remember, the hotel is small and OLD compared to hotels in the USA so adjust to the European style, and enjoy your vacations in Rome!