St. Peter's Relax

Stayed here at the end of September 2023 for 2 nights. We paid $687... For 2 nights in a tiny room with a tiny bathroom. This is NOT a hotel or B&B, it's more of an elevated hostel. When I arrived after a 10 hour flight, I found a locked door to a run down building in a somewhat sketchy area of town about 20 minutes from Vatican City. I had to call the number only to find out that there is no one there to let me in so they buzzed me in remotely. I had to walk up three flights of stairs past yellow taped off scaffolding by a rather rickety looking tiny elevator to get to another locked door where I had to put in a security code. When I walked in, I found a tiny kitchenette that is shared among three rental rooms. There was a sign on the refrigerator that said for staff only which was unhelpful. A tiny hallway leads to three different rooms. Finally, someone showed up to " Check me in" but of course they could not speak English at all. I had to use Google translate to even communicate and was then told that I would have to check in hours later because the room was not ready. They said just to leave the bags in the kitchen and they should be okay. That was not very reassuring. We were contacted by some person in an office somewhere on WhatsApp who's main concern was getting their money as soon as possible. It was just a random number on WhatsApp with a person asking for my credit card information to which I said I don't know who you are and I'm not giving out that information until I speak to someone in person or get a call from a verified number. Also, I wasn't about to give out my information before I was actually in the room and had my luggage which I was concerned might not be there. When I got back. We walked into the room finally after about 5 hours to find that the room was completely filled by the full-size bed with almost no room around it to even put our luggage. The bathroom was so tiny that we could not be in there at the same time. It was actually smaller than the bathroom on our cruise ship. If that's possible. I will say the room was clean and the bathroom was as well, but when you look online to see what the prices are it shows between $70 and $100. However, we paid almost $700 for two nights which I feel is absolutely ridiculous. Unfortunately, this was our last option as our VRBO canceled on us two weeks before our trip. Please keep this in mind when you book that this is not a hotel, there is no front desk, there is no concierge, it is not a bed and breakfast because it's practically only a bed. Just say that I'm disappointed in this place is an understatement, which is why I'm leaving this very long review. Be sure to book something far in advance to get a better price. We stayed at a four-star hotel in Athens. That was a thousand times nicer than this place for only $150 a night. This establishment is a complete rip-off if you pay any more than $100 a night. Also there was absolutely no view, the window looked into a wall. Lastly, I don't know what these reviewers are talking about breakfast because there is no one there to make breakfast and it's not even a full kitchen. I feel like there is a lot of fake reviews going on here because there is no way this place could get five stars by anyone who has traveled and stayed anywhere remotely nice.