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Rome Hotels
Realtime Rome Hotel Reservations
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Online Rome hotel reservation service representing directly over 100 central Rome hotels offering special last minute deals, early bird discounts and in general excellent discounted rates.
- Book through email, secure service, telephone or fax through this website
- All prices are per room per night
- Use our quick search facility on the left to search/book available accommodation in Rome
- Please click the links below to check out our latest special offers.
- Book now, pay later. Credit card details are used as guarantee only, so you don’t pay anything until you arrive/depart the hotel
- Our service is free.
Tel: 00 44 20 8859 8999
Fax: 00 44 20 8859 3344
Email: enquiries@hoteladvice.com
We also have great discounts in other cities:
Berlin,
Brussels,
Dublin,
Stockholm,
Tallinn,
Oslo,
Copenhagen,
Helsinki,
London,
Paris,
Amsterdam and
Zurich
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Some Popular Rome Hotels
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Situated on the River Tiber, between the Apennine Mountains and the Tyrrhenian Sea, the ‘Eternal City’ of Rome (Roma) was once the administrative centre of the mighty Roman Empire, governing a vast region that stretched from Britain to Mesopotamia. Today, it remains the seat of the Italian government and home to numerous ministerial offices but is superseded by Milan, in the industrial north, for business and finance.
The legendary beginnings of Rome are related in the tale of Romulus and Remus. Princess Rhea Silvia, ravished by Mars (the God of War), gave birth to the twins and abandoned them to fate. The River Tiber carried them to the Palatine Hill, where a she-wolf mothered the babes until their discovery by a shepherd. Romulus later killed Remus, before going on to found Rome in the marshy lowlands of seven hills. The anniversary of Rome’s foundation –21 April 753BC – is now marked by a public holiday. The historians’ version is no less astonishing. It traces the rise of the city from unimportant pastoral settlement – the earliest remains date back to the ninth century BC – to vast empire, ruled over by a string of emperors. Rome saw a second period of development during the 15th-century Renaissance, when the Papacy took up permanent residence in the city. Although Rome’s power has since waned, the city remains the essence of European civilisation.
Tourism is a major source of income and visitors come and go throughout the year. The city is blessed with a warm Mediterranean climate, making Rome particularly pleasant to visit in autumn and spring. In August, it is hot and sticky and most of the locals head for the coast – many shops and bars close for the summer break and the streets are strangely empty save for visitors. Until recently, Rome was frequently criticised for being noisy, chaotic and poorly maintained. However, celebrations for the year 2000 prompted the completion of a massive urban renewal scheme. Tons of scaffolding were finally dismantled to reveal beautifully restored facades, cleverly revamped museums and a rationalised public transport system. Today, citizens and visitors alike continue to benefit from the improvements carried out for the Jubilee celebrations, when the Eternal City celebrated the fact that the millennium was 2000 years since the birth of Christ. |
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