Pensione Ottaviano Hostel Reviews

this place is great. good location to the vatican. close to the subway. staff is great. only thing that was bad was I got a lot of bug bites while sleeping in the bed. not sure if it was bedbugs or spider but just be aware of that

Awesome location if you're planning on the Vatican being a focal point. Very easy to get to from the train station. Staff is quite interesting. Just be aware that the atmosphere is lacking since it is really just beds and bathrooms. A few decent grocery stores around the corner and a very good bang-for-buck pizza place underneath.

I spend two nights at Pensione Ottaviano Hostel even I pay for 3. My flight's early in the morning so I have to go to the airport from the evening because this is far from airport. I wasted the money for the last night, and it is most expensive one. Bathroom are too small. But the hostel is next to Vatican area, i even see and take the picture of Saint Peter's Dom from my window. And It's easy to take metro to other sites in Roma. And staffs there are friendly and helpful.

Quite Noisy with the street down the corner of the building and with people talking loud in the hostel hall . Very well located, close to Vatican, subway and bus stations. Showers/ Bathroom too small

We wanted to hire a towel but there wasnt this option. İt was really hard to take shower

Lady is a little grumpy but she warms up to you with time. The place is cool looking and the building where it is located is beautiful!

No locks on room doors so make sure you have a lock for one of the lockers. The lockers are pretty spacious. Also, no towels provided or available to rent.

it was fine....ive stayed at better hostels, but this one was right next to the vatican which was cool. The staff was nice....a little spacey. They didnt have any towels so they gave us linens to dry our selves off. Beds were comfy, Ide stay again

This place rules.

I'd prefer to receive a receipt for the payment. Furthermore I had a pleasant stay.

IMHO excellent place for backpackers! Highly recommended!

Everything was fine but I had to wait for a key, so I couldn't go out at night anymore. Staff was almost never there and couldn't answer questions. But if there was someone, they were superfriendly and helpful. A little noisy, but that's just Rome ;-)

just awesome :-)

The staff was friendly and the location was perfect. Right by the metro, shopping, and the Vatican.

This was a nice hostel, great location, nice staff and clean. Its convenient for the amount of money they charge and they respect their guests. Cool for college students. Thanks for the hospitality.

it's a place just for sleep, is not what you think at the first place, is a pensionne, so they're not going to give you the keys of your dorm, but anyways it was safe for us, and we left all our luggage there at the reception the day we check out, and we came back later and nothing was stolen. Our bathroom has no vent, so it has mold in the cieling. And they're right about how close is the Saint Pietro Piazza.

This hostel was fine, the only real plus was the location close to the Vatican. I knew this when I booked based off of other comments. The staff isn't overly friendly or helpful, they are just there. One night the female staff hosted quite a few men, drank a lot, and were loud until very late. The hostel is 5 minutes from Ottaviao Metro, and 5 minutes from the Vatican. The showers could use a good cleaning.

It was a great location for the tourist-y things, but it smelled as soon as you walked in the building, and the showers were disgusting.

The staff is friendly, yes, but they also manage to make more noise at night than all the guests together, so we were forced to stay awake untill 2am after a early flight. There was also a distinct foul smell coming from the showers, spreading in the rest of the place. The beds are outdated, clean sheets, but not comfortable at all. Also no working electricity plug in the room and there is only 1 bright white light so you wake up the whole room. It really needs renovation to be up date a bit.

Location is good.staff is very friendly.cleanless is very good.i recommend you this hostel!