Flann O’ Brien Rooms B&B, the new innovative way of accommodation in the very heart of Rome.
Set in the 19th century building, above The Flann O’Brien Pub, run and managed by the same owner, this is an outstanding choice for both location and value. This small fashionable gem offers top services and the highest accommodation standards that will make you feel at home.

FlannOBrienRooms offers charming, luxurious rooms with an emphasis on contemporary style, impeccable service and it is provided with all modern amenities that will make your stay in the Eternal City unforgettable.
Situated just around the corner from Piazza della Repubblica, this is a great place to discover Rome.
All ancient monuments and art treasures of Rome are reachable on foot - the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, Piazza di Spagna, Trevi fountain, etc.

We are very close to shopping areas and transportation links as we are just few minutes away from the Termini Station.

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Address: Via Nazionale, 17
FlannOBrienRooms is truly an excellent location and a perfect place to start your vacation in Rome. Not only that we are close to the Roma Termini bus, tube and railway station, but we are also within easy walking distance of Rome’s main historical landmarks.

Situated in Via Nazionale, Rome’s central shopping area, we are also within easy walking distance of city’s key attractions and this is the ideal venue to discover the Everlasting City.

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Booking Procedure. To confirm your reservation you are kindly requested to send your credit card infos by a Secure Server (SSL 128 bit), please note that your card will not be charged before your stay, just a check of the validity of the card will be performed. You will pay the hotel directly when you check in.

The cost includes. continental breakfast, private bathroom with shower, hairdryer, air conditioning/heating, TV LCD, internet, non smoking rooms, taxes and services.

Suite Room is composed by a double and a triple room with two bathrooms and connected by a door.

Cancellation policy. From 07 days before check in: 00%. After and No Show: 100%.

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Times. Check In from midday. Check Out before 10am

The Forum Attic is a prestigious penthouse in front of the Roman Forum (the city’s most important and ancient archaeological site). It occupies the entire last floor of an 18th century building. Equipped with all modern comforts such as air conditioning, and independent heating, this flat offers a breathtaking view on the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill from its two large terraces.
It is elegantly finished with timber slanted ceilings, parquet flooring, and huge windows overlooking one of Rome’s most exclusive views.
There is no lift in the building; entry via 48 communal steps.

Forum Attic is composed of a large, elegant living room equipped with high fidelity system, a large comfortable sofa, a matching armchair and a sofabed, a functional and romantic fireplace, and a large terrace overlooking the archaeological site; a dining area with another terrace overlooking the same splendour, an adjacent living/bedroom area equipped with a comfortable kingsize bed and a satellite television in front; a fully equipped kitchen with traditional and microwave ovens, toaster, American coffee machine and all modern comforts to prepare and taste your favourite meals. The flat furthermore has a large refined bathroom equipped with a large shower hairdryer and courtesy kits for basic needs.

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- bathroom with large shower
- hairdryer
- courtesy kits
- Sat TV
- compact disc player
- fully equipped kitchen
- microwave
- toaster
- independent heating

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Address: Via degli Ibernesi 11.
The apartment is located in the famous Monti quarter (once ancient Rome’s Suburra), only a few steps away from the Colosseum, the Roman and Imperial Forum, and surrounded by the city’s most fashionable and trendy shops and museums. Furthermore, it is served by two underground stations (Cavour stop is at 150 meters) and plenty tourist information centres.
How to reach the apartment?
- By Plane - “Leonardo da Vinci” International Airport - Distance: 35 km. There is a connection with main Termini Rail Station runs every 20 minutes. You can then take a taxi from the Termini Station, which will take about 5 minutes.
Ciampino National Airport - Distance: 25 km. Average drive time: 40 minutes
- By Subway - Take Line B and get off at the first stop “Cavour” and then from Cavour go straight on along via Leonina, where the Forum Apartment is. Before getting on the subway you must buy a ticket at one of the Station newspaper stands.
- By Walk (1.1 km.) - Starting from VIA GIOVANNI GIOLITTI (Termini Station), turn to the right on VIA GIOVANNI AMENDOLA, turn to the left on VIA CAVOUR, from there turn to the right on VIA DI SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE, then turn to left on VIA URBANA, enter on PIAZZA DELLA SUBURRA (square), stright your are on VIA LEONINA.

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Booking Procedure. Simply complete the online booking form and submit. We will back with availability in 24 hrs max by email. To confirm your reservation you are kindly requested to send your credit card infos (by secure server). Bear in mind, that your card will be charged before your stay, with a Non-Refundable Down Payment: 40% of the cost of your total stay. At the check in, you will pay the rest 60%.

The cost includes. water, gas, Independent central heating, Air Conditioning, TV Sat, hairdryer, electricity, linen, towels and final cleaning, taxes

Security deposit. Not required

Cancellation policy. From reservation to 30 days before check in: 50%. From 29 days to 15 days before check in: 80%. After: and No Show: 100%.

Credit Cards. Visa, Mastercard; Eurocard

Times. Check In from midday until 2pm. Check Out before 10am

Other. On request available in the apartment First Aid breakfast Kit 30,00 Euro. Fresh milk (1lt), Nescafè, English breakfsta tea (25 bags), biscuits.

It’s history began in 1580 with the planting of a modest vineyard. In the early 1600s Cardinal Scipione Caffarelli Borghese, favoured nephew of Pope Paul V, decided to acquire the surrounding land to create a “pleasure palace”. Villa Borghese has now regained its ancient splendour. Recent work - some 20 building projects - have highlighted both its artistic and environmental value, restoring it to how it originally looked in the 16th century.

Villa Borghese garden - RomeThe Piazzale Flaminio entrance, the Pinciana Gate, Lions Gate, the Piazzale delle Canestre and the temple of Antonio and Faustina have all been restored. Rome authorities have called it the “Park of Museums” and dubbed it the city’s cultural cornerstone. It’s wide variety of plants have also been taken into account. The Valley of Plantains, also known as the Valley of Dogs, still contains some 400 different species.

The “Casina delle Rose” (House of Roses) has been earmarked to become the museum of the Villa Borghese park. Restoration plans intend it to be used to house 150 marble statues taken from the park and replaced with plaster copies. A park information and document centre will be installed in the ‘Giardino della Meridiana’ building and leaflets on the park will be distributed throughout the city’s tourist information points (PIT).

Secret Gardens: Bulbs were removed to make way for pineapples
Old Dutch tulips, citrus fruits, carnations, lichens, roses, sunflowers and peppers, ancient and exotic plants introduced in the 1500s and used to adorn crowns and floral displays. Anemones, narcissi and hyacinths followed. The three secret gardens have been brought back to life and can once again be visited.
Villa Borghese ParkThe gardens were laid out according to prevailing fashion. Historically, this part of the villa functioned as an archive of plants used and introduced over the centuries. For example, the “bulb garden” that took pride of place in the villa during the 1600s, was replaced with a garden of pineapples when this thoroughly American plant became all the rage.

Originally there were three gardens: the “Old Garden”, the “Bird Cage Garden” and the “Meridiana”. The first two were planted in during the early decades of the 1600s, along with the main house, the “Casino nobile”‘. the third dates to 1680. All were destroyed during the second world war when they were turned into “war gardens” for the production of cabbages and potatoes.

Free guided tours, available to the public hourly between 10 am and 1 pm and 3 pm and 6 pm, have been organised by the city council’s environment and farm department,
tel. +39 06770042 or 067004573.

The Lake and Deer Park: for romance or hunting?
There can hardly be a more romantic spot for taking a stroll. The “Lake Garden” was used to site the Borghese family’s historic collection of ancient art. Followng restoration, the historic tree-lined walkways are open once more, complete with new lawns and flowerbeds, a landscape of trees, shrubs and herbaceous borders. The lake is framed by an English-style cast-iron pergola, just as it was at the beginning of the 1900s. Delightful rockeries of tufa rock line the banks of the old stream that feeds the lake.

The “Deer Park” has also been given new life, with restorers removing the asphalt from its paths and avenues. The area where deer and other animals were once fenced in for hunting has also been reconstructed.

The Zoology Museum

Inside the Villa Borghese zoo the “Civic Zoology Museum” houses more than four million examples, including a collection from the Roman countryside of fauna, molluscs, birds and insects as well as recently acquired palaeontological material. It also contains a 15-metre whale and an African elephant. “Animal Love” and “Living to the Limit” are the titles of its two permanent exhibitions.
Information: Via Aldovrandi 18 - tel. 063216586.
Open: 9am-5pm, Sundays and holidays 9am-2pm. Closed Mondays

Pietro Canonica: the rooms in his life
The ‘Museo Canonica’ (Canonica Museum), open to the public since 1960, contains a large number of works by sculptor Pietro Canonica. One can visit the apartment that the artist lived in, with its wealth of fine furniture, 18th century Piedmont paintings and Flemish tapestries, as well as his studio, complete with all his work tools, unchanged since his death.
Information: Viale Pietro Canonica 2 (Piazza di Siena) - tel. 068842279.
Open: Tuesday to Sunday 9am-7pm. Holidays 9am-1pm. Closed Mondays.

Titian, Raphael, Bernini and Caravaggio: a gallery of masterpieces
This is one of the most splendid collections in the world. It includes the famous statue of Paolina Borghese by Canova, Titian’s “Sacred and Profane Love” and “Venus blindfolding Love”, Raphael’s “Deposition”, statues by Bernini and six of Caravaggio’s most significant paintings. And these are only some of the works on show at the Borghese Gallery, a villa acquired by the Italian state in 1902.
Information: Piazzale Scipione Borghese 5 - tel. +39 06328101.
Open: 9am-7pm. Sundays and holidays 9am-13pm. Closed Mondays.

With the fall of the Empire, the Colosseo was abandoned and gradually became overgrown. Exotic plants grew there for centuries; seeds bad in advertently been transported from Africa and Asia with the wild beasts that appeared in the arena (including crocodiles, bears, lions, tigers, elephants, rhinos, hippos, camels and giraffes).

Colosseum RomeIn the Middle Ages the Colosseum became a fortress, occupied by two of the city’s warrior families: the Frangipani and the Annibaldi. Its reputation as a symbol of Rome, the “Etemal City”, also dates to the Middle Ages, with Bede writing that “while the Colosseo stands, Rome shall stand, but when the Colosseo falls, Rome shall fall and when Rome falls, the world will end”.

Damaged several times by earthquake, it was later used as a quarry for travertine and marble for the Palazzo Venezia and other buildings. Pollution and the vibrations caused by traffic and the Metro have also taken their toll. Restoration works have periodically been carried out, the latest starting in 1992. Current estimates have a restored Colosseo being unveiled by 2004.

Opening hours in winter are daily from 9 am to 4 pm and until 6 pm in summer.

Gladiators
Gladiatorial combat originated as part of Etruscan funerary rites as a form of human sacrifice. By the 1st Century BC, gladiatorial games had far outstripped this ritual context; Caesar exhibited 320 pairs of gladiators in 65 BC, Augustus and Trajan each showed 5000 pairs of gladiators on different occasions. Gladiators were prisoners of war, slaves sold to gladiatorial schools, or volunteers. They were differently equipped, some with heavy swords and shields and others almost naked, armed with a net and a trident. Pairings were made to match a heavily armed gladiator against a lightly armed one. Bouts were not necessarily to the death. A defeated gladiator could appeal to the crowd and the presiding magistrate who could signal that he had fought well and deserved to be spared. Thumbs down, however, meant death, which the defeated man was expected to face with quiet courage. Although gambling was technically illegal in Rome, vast sums were wagered on gladiatorial combats. Successful gladiators were popular heroes and lived to enjoy a comfortabie retirement, with some running their own training schools.

Pincio and Spanish Steps Rome To the right as you face the steps is the house where John Keats died in 1821, now the Keats-Shelley Memorial House, a small museum crammed with memorabilia of Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron and other Romantics. It is open from 9 am to 1 pm and 2.30 to 5.30 pm, Monday to Friday.

Piazza di Spagna RomeIn the piazza is the boat-shaped fountain called the Barcaccia, believed to be by Pietro Bernini, father of the famous Gian Lorenzo. The Viale della Trinità dei Monti at the top of the steps leads to the Pincio. Half way along the road on the right is the Villa Medici, perhaps Rome’s best piece of real estate with undoubtedly one of the city’s best views. The palazzo was built for Cardinal Ricci da Montepulciano in 1540. Ferdinando dei Medici bought it in 1576 and it remained his family’s property until Napoleon acquired it in 1801, when the French Academy was transferred here. The academy was founded in 1666 to provide talented French artists, writers and musicians - Prix de Rome winners - an opportunity to study and absorb the enormous classical heritage that Rome offered. A good way to get inside the building is by seeing one of the regular art exhibitions that are held there. Guided tours of the villa’s spectacular gardens take place at 10.30 and 11.30 am on Saturday and Sunday from March to late May and from September to late October.

Rome hotels at the Spanish Steps

There are three fountains, the central one being Bernini’s masterpiece, the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) depicting the Nile, Ganges, Danube and the Rio Plata. The fountain took four years to build and was completed in 1651; funds to build the fountain were raised by an unpopular tax on bread. Bernini designed the figures, but the actual carving was done by assistants. The obelisk once stood in the Circo di Massenzio on the Via Appia Antica.

Navona square in RomeThe Fontana del Moro at the southern end of piazza was designed by Giacomo della Porta in 1576. Bernini altered the fountain in the mid-17th century when he designed the central figure of the Moor bolding a dolphin.The surrounding tritons are 19th century copies. The fountain at the northern end of the piazza dates from the 19th century and has a central figure of Neptune fighting with a sea monster, surrounded by sea nymphs.

In the centre of the piazza Navona facing the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi is the Chiesa di Sant’Agnese in Agone, its fa�ade designed by Bernini’s bitter rival, Borromini. The tradition is that the statues of Bernini’s Fontana dei Fiumi are shielding their eyes in disgust from the sight of Borromini’s church, but the truth is that Bernini completed the fountain two years before his contemporary started work on the facade and in fact the figure is shielding its face to indicate that the source of the river at that time had been undiscovered.

The northern corner of Campo de’ Fiori leads to Piazza della Cancelleria which is dominated by the Palazzo della Cancelleria, a Renaissance palace built in the late 15th century for Cardinal Raffaello Riario. At one time it housed the Papal Chancellery and it is still used by il Vaticano. It is thought that Bramante designed the double loggia in the magnificent interior courtyard. Recent excavations beneath the palazzo have revealed ruins of one of the most important early Christian churches in Rome, the Basilica di San Lorenzo in Damaso, which was finally demolished in the 15th century to make way for a new church (of the same name) and the palazzo into which it is incorporated.

Heading towards Piazza Navona, on the corner of Via dei Baullari and Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, is a small palazzo known as the Piccolo Farnesina, built for a French clergyman, Thomas Le Roy, in 1523. It is now home to the Museo Barracco, one of the city’s most charming museums. Senator Giovanni Barracco presented his exquisite collection of Greek, Roman, Assyrian and Egyptian sculpture and artefacts to the city in 1902. Underneath the museum are remains of what is said to be a Roman fish shop, complete with counter and a water trough (ask for access). Fresco fragments found there are displayed on the ground floor. The museum is open from 9 am to 7 pm, Tuesday to Saturday, and from 9 am to 1 pm on Sunday.

Opposite the Museo Barracco is the Palazzo Braschi which houses the Museo di Roma (ph 06 687 58 80), founded in 1930 to illustrate the history and life of Rome from the Middle Ages to the present. Many of the exhibits, which include paintings, statues and architectural decorations, came from buildings that have since been demolished.

Heading in an easterly direction along Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, you come to the late 16th century Chiesa di Sant’Andrea della Valle. The elaborate facade was completed in the 17th century and is in high baroque style. The church’s dome is the highest in Rome after that of the Basilica di San Pietro and was designed by Carlo Maderno. Frescoes by Giovanni Lanfranco and Domenichino decorate the inside of the dome. Domenichino also did the frescoes around the apse and altar. The competition between the artists was fierce, especially when they were working at the same time, and legend has it that Domenichino once even took a saw to Lanfranco’s scaffold. The church is open from 7.30 to noon and from 4.30 to 7.30 pm.

The Bed and Breakast “Il Sogno di Trastevere B&B” is a completely new accommodation in Trastevere (opened in October 2006). Here in Trastevere you will discover the most alluring streets, the most ancient and hidden places and the most charming restaurants where you can taste the best traditional Roman dishes.
3 rooms have a private balcony, available on request.

Il Sogno di Trastevere Bed & breakfast has 5 spacious rooms, all with ensuite bathrooms, TVC, air conditioning, central heating system and a PC.
Most importantly there is a telephone to receive calls, the bathroom has a shower and hairdryer.
Price includes daily cleaning, change of the towels and sheets every 3 days.3 Rooms have a private balcony.

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Address: Viale Trastevere 249
Il Sogno di Trastevere B&B is situated close to some of the most famous archeological areas and monuments, such as Aventino, Piramide Cestia, Circo Massimo and Fori Imperiali. It is linked to the city centre by Metro (Linea B underground), tram (stazione Trastevere) and dozens of buses. Il Sogno di Trastevere B&B is also 3 tram stops from heart of Trastevere, one of the most ancient and “popular” parts of Rome, with its nightlife, full of restaurants and pubs that welcome both Romans and tourists.

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Booking Procedure. To confirm your reservation you are kindly requested to send your credit card infos by a Secure Server (SSL 128 bit), please note that your card will not be charged before your stay, just a check of the validity of the card will be performed. You will pay the hotel directly when you check in.

The cost includes. continental breakfast, private bathroom with shower, hairdryer, air conditioning/heating, telephone, TV Sat, internet, safe, non smoking rooms, taxes and services
Cancellation policy. From reservation to 04 days before check in: 0%. From 03 days to 00 days before check in: 1 night. No Show: 1 night.

No Credit Cards.

Times. Check In from midday. Check Out before 10am

City’s House Bed & Breakfast has a real strategical position in the heart of Rome (Italy). It is located just a few steps from the famous Pantheon (Roman temple), where Raffaello was buried, in a pedestrian area granting quietness to its guests. The most famous attractions of Rome such as Navona Square with Bernini’s Four Rivers fountain, Campo dei Fiori and Trevi Fountain are reachable within a 3 minute walk, 3 more minutes to get to the Spanish Steps and Trastevere district where many traditional Roman restaurants are located. By choosing B&B City House you’ll be able to visit the historical centre of Rome by foot.

All 6 guest rooms are located on the 1ts floor and they are different for shape and size. They all maintain the typical style and atmosphere of the ancient Roman’s house of the city centre. All the rooms are very spacious and light, comfortable and furnished with wooden floor and elegant furniture. Owners pay a great attention to each detail, so that in the rooms you will be immersed in a warm and gracious ambience, ideal to relax after a strong day. They are all equipped with air conditioning, hair dryer, television and internet connection. They have a nice view on the lovely via della Maddalena. Every morning a continental breakfast is served, which includes hot drinks (coffee, chocolate, tea, cappuccino, etc.), fresh bread rolls, croissant, jam, butter, fruit juice, to begin your day in Rome.

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Address: Via della Maddalena 51
City’s House is located in the very heart of Rome. It is at a short distance from Largo Argentina where busses depart to the main railway station Termini or the most interesting spots of the historical center. This is the ideal base for tourists wishing to explore Rome and discover the beauty of our city. Restaurants, bars and shops are situated near the hotel, plus chemists and banks if you need.

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Booking Procedure. To confirm your reservation you are kindly requested to send your credit card infos by a Secure Server (SSL 128 bit), please note that your card will not be charged before your stay, just a check of the validity of the card will be performed. You will pay the hotel directly when you check in.

The cost includes. continental breakfast, private bathroom with bathtub or shower, air conditioning/heating, telephone, TV Sat, internet, safe, non smoking rooms, taxes and services
Cancellation policy. From reservation to 04 days before check in: 0%. From 03 days to 00 days before check in: 1 night. No Show: 1 night.

Credit Cards. Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Eurocard

Times. Check In from midday. Check Out before 10am