Hotel Santa MariavsHotel Cellini
Both hotels are rated highly by professional travelers. Overall, Hotel Santa Maria is the choice of most professionals compared to Residenza Cellini. Hotel Santa Maria scores 81 with praise from 9 reviewers including The Telegraph, Lonely Planet and Insight Guides.
Hotel Santa Maria Show All Reviews
Vicolo del Piede 2, 00153 Rome
From $74/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Rough Guide
"The rooms of this small three-star surround an orange-tree-filled garden, making it feel far removed from the city."
Fodor's
"This ivy-covered, mansard-roofed, rosy-brick-red, erstwhile Renaissance-era convent is just steps away from the glorious Santa Maria in Trastevere church and a few blocks from the Tiber." Full review
Insight Guides
"A former 17th-century cloister, it has been sympathetically renovated and offers high standards of comfort, as well as a courtyard garden that is an oasis of calm."
Travel + Leisure
"It has perhaps the most enviable physical visage of all Roman hotels." Full review
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Enjoy an aperitivo buffet provided every evening, plus the bar’s full range of cocktails and wines.
DK Eyewitness
"An oasis of calm in an area relatively untouched by the onslaught of time, Santa Maria has rooms around a charming courtyard filled with citrus trees."
Time Out
"Just off delightful piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere, the Santa Maria opened in 2000 on the site of a 16th-century convent and has since built up a loyal clientele." Full review
Star Service
"This charming inn is a delightful throwback that rightfully deserves the honor of "Rome's Homiest Hotel."" Full review
Oyster
Mid-Range
"Hidden away off a side street in the charming old neighborhood of Trastevere, this three-pearl property was once a monastery." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"Imagine an orange grove, with rooms, in the heart of the centro storico." Full review
Independent
"A friendly atmosphere and lashings of character more than compensate for this hotel’s lack of cutting-edge style"
Hotel Cellini
Via Modena 5, 00184 Rome
From $183/night
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Multilingual
- Air Conditioning
Rough Guide
"The rooms here are comfortable and large with a slightly old-fashioned feel."
Fodor's
"Fresh flowers in the foyer help make this small, family-run residence close to Termini Station feel like a gracious home." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"Romantic and utterly endearing, this pensione has six bedrooms, each decorated with great care: antiques, fresh flowers, and every detail you could ask for."
Time Out
"This delightfully luminous residenza has huge rooms with faux-antique wooden furniture, parquet flooring and comfy beds." Full review
Oyster
2.0
"The 11-room Residenza Cellini is a small, family-run hotel that occupies the third and fifth floors of a large building near the Republica metro station." Full review
Frommer's
"The feeling of refinement begins the second you walk through the door...antique-styled rooms are proudly 19th century, with thick walls, solid furnishings, and handsome parquet floors" Full review
Lonely Planet
"This charming, family-run place on a quiet road parallel to Via Nazionale offers spacious, elegant rooms, all with satellite TV and jacuzzi or hydro-massage shower." Full review