For this budget traveler, Hotel Croce Di Malta was a true find. It is centrally located to major sites in Rome (a few blocks from the Spanish Steps), in the heart of luxury shops (not my thing, but maybe yours), and with dozens of cafés and restaurants to choose from. I spoke with someone on the plane returning to the US who stayed in the same neighborhood: her hotel was about $300 per night; mine was $100. The room was small, and it had only a twin bed, but housekeeping made up the bed every day, changed he pillow case every other day, and cleaned the bathroom. The women at the reception desk were friendly and helpful, albeit with limited English. Not a problem for me! I can only get by with a simple "Buon giorno," "Grazie," and "cappuccino doppio".

The bed was a bit lumpy.

The location is perfect - 1min to Spain square. Staff were really friendly and helpful. They let us leave out backpacks for couple of hours after checking out.

Old furniture.

This hotel is just lovely. It doesn’t look super fancy aesthetically, but they make you feel super fancy by providing you what you actually need. The staff fall over themselves to help you, and really try to make sure you have a comfortable stay. The staff all sincerely seem to love their work, so you get the friendliest welcome, which is better than anything the sterile five star hotels offer, as they really do care about you. They have a 24 hour reception, so even after a late night sightseeing tour that got me back to the hotel after 1am, they were there to welcome me back with no delays, or issues. The rooms are really peaceful, as you are on a little side street, just enough steps back from the main road where the Spanish Steps are (so you get a top sightseeing spot with a very easy sleep after). If you need a taxi they can call one for you, and if the taxi phone lines are busy, there is a super conveniently located taxi rank just up the road toward the Spanish Steps (it’s a few feet to the right, walking away from the Spanish Steps, and took me 7 mins slow walking on cobblestones with my 20kg case to get there, and there are new taxis every 5-10 mins in my experience, as folk get dropped there for the Spanish Steps). The rooms are clean and styled in a basic beige/ white, non-fancy manner, and have a small TV, a decent sized wardrobe, and a solid mattress (mattress is on the harder side, which I loved). Let me tell you about the shower…it was made by the gods! I kid you not when I tell you that after walking 30,000 steps in the Italian heat to see every monument, statue, and fountain in Roman history, I was grimy and feeling gross, and every muscle hurt. I hopped in the shower to re-human-ify and holy guacamole the power shower on my tired shoulders was better than a cup of tea in England!

This is not a dislike, but it did make me chortle. I was given a printed paper advising that to use the internet, I would need to ensure I was logged in before 1970 or the internet wouldn’t work. Fairly certain this was a typo, as we didn’t really have domestic internet back in 1970, but I couldn’t get the wifi to connect. I was only there a short stay, so it wasn’t a bother for me at all, but I think if you are there for more than a few nights you may want to connect to the wifi when checking in at reception, so they can help you get online. Also for international roaming service, I found the room couldn’t get any signal, but the corner of the bathroom near the courtyard was fine. So if you can’t get a signal on your phone, try it from the bathroom.

Friendly and helpful staff 🥰🎊🎉

Nothing not to like… great friendly service, breakfast every morning in my room. Bed was a bit hard for my liking…. The shower was a power shower, plenty of hot water at anytime, took away the aches of walking during day. Very central location ( just round corner from Spanish steps, shopping and Via Del Corso main long road, runs at bottom of my hotel road, so I could find all the famous sights, easily and quickly … piazza naverone, pantheon Trevi fountain Roman forum colosseum and many more sights along the way 🎉👌🎉

Best location in Rome one can think of. Minutes away from Palazzo di Popolo, Spanish steps (and Spanish steps metro), Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Navona and even Piazza Venezia. Roman forum and coliseum are, like 15-18 minutes of leisurely walk. Vatican 20 minutes. What better location one can imagine.

One of the receptionists understood little English but she was helpful though! They should serve tea, coffee in the room. No breakfast on offer.

The location was absolutely perfect. 2 minutes from Spagna and 7 from Trevi. Also cleaning every day. Value for money hotel.

To be specific, the hotel was very nice. It isn’t a luxury hotel and you don’t expecting luxury.

Hotel very central and close to the metro station. Big room (compared to many other hotels), very quiet without noise. Kind staff. I would come back.

The shower might be improved (a part of the bathroom became wet, even if it was very large). The breakfast (not included in the offer, 12€ more per day) is fairly limited: just a croissant, and toasted bread + jam and some beverage (coffee or juice). However it is served in the room and the waitress was very kind. Maybe a fresh fruit, or a jogurt would be good.

Fantastic location close to the Spanish steps and other attractions. The room is spacious as well as the bathroom and with lots of space for clothes. The staff is very helpful and kind, always willing to help and give good advice on transport and restaurants.

It may be a bit noisy in the evening although the street looks quiet. In that case close the windows and shutters. We did not like the pre-set A/C temperature and the remote control is not available. You need to ask the staff to change the room temperature.

There is no breakfast at all my hisband had 2 cofees at 2 euros each ,wich they where charge at the end of our stay,nothing was free there is a fridge where you can buy water cornetps etc,but NO colazine no coffee or water even....cindy was the best at the reception i felt very at home. No fridge in the room either and they seemed that wereaver is offer ,they do t know about it. We will reco.end this hotel,but no reakfast and no fridge just for the location.

Breakfast and fridge in our toom.

Extremely nice and helpful staff. Excellent location! Very clean room with a refridgerator. Shower works well and bathroom is very spasious. You can buy coffee and a pot of tea from the reception, which is nice.

Room is quite spark, but I was there only to sleep and take a shower, so it didn't matter. Location is excellent, you can walk to the Colosseum etc. Shopping street Via del Corso is around the corner and you can admire the Spanish Steps every evening.