Help needed for accomodation areas in Rome and Turin

man city nigel · Help needed for accomodation areas in Rome and Turin

Having a bit of a footy based trip 2nd week March.
Can anyone recommend any decent "areas" fo hotels for the above citys ?
Turin
Hope to be in Turin for the Sunday game Torino V Atalanta and stay over that night.
Need somewhere handy for Communale ground AND city centre (how far apart are they /)

Rome
Flying into Ciampano (?) Weds afternoon and staying over night and sight seeing Thurs before flying back to Liverpool Thurs night
Need somewhere half arsed decent possibly close to sights and airport bus link....

All help appreciated

il ferret

Can't help with Turin, but Rome: I stayed just near the Spanish Steps when I was there in a hotel called Hotel King, cheap deal at priceline.co.uk. Quite a good location near a metro stop and easy walking distance to Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain and Pantheon. Metro to Vatican.

Myles

The Stadio Olympico in Turin is fairly close to the city center. About ten minutes on Tram/bus from the side of the train station.
Hotelurbani.it have reasonable rates, though it's on a dodgy enough street (prostitutes), it's only about 30 second walk from train station and about 5 minutes walk from main street 'via Roma'.

There is information here about the tram etc. (prices etc are from 2007)
Scroll down the page and see the links under the headings:
Prices of Hotels and match tickets
General Information (Travel details, Hotel prices and links, match tickets and how to get to the Stadio Olimpico di Torino)

man city nigel

Thanks lads...any more from anyone else ??

How about tickets for Torino...easy and on the day ????

Myles

There's a stall in the train station that sells the tram/bus tickets, unless you know Turin they might be hard to find elsewhere. Tickets last for 70 minutes from when you validate them on the tram, be sure to validate, i saw one guy heavy handed when the inspectors got on.

Myles

Got a ticket off a tout behind the curva nord, changed the name on it at a ticket boot behind the Tribuna Est, need passport, had no issues, i assume it's the same for Torino games.

God, i'm so sick of saying this now, ah well.

man city nigel

Myles

Don't know if you saw this as i added it in after i initially posted it.

poochiem

Rome - hotels -

www.venere.com - have to say I use it for every Italian trip.

Rome - stay around the railway station (ignore reports about it being dangerous unless you're a blue haired old lady and find the odd homeless dude and some pigeons frightening. the #910 bus to the stadium goes from there so its as handy as anywhere else. I've stayed in a few places that were inexpensive but of reasonable quality - the best would be http://www.hotelalpi.com/eng/hotel.html .

Anyway its not a big city so wherever ya stay its just a walk to the metro or bus.

Enjoy

Curva Fiesole

We stayed at the Hotel Urbis in Rome last weekend whilat there for the rugby. Budget hotel but fine for a short stay, about 100 yards from Roma Termini. Metro line for all the sights and easy to walk to/from the centre.

http://www.venere.com/cgi/hotel/?htid=8426&ref=

Also, there is a great Irish bar in the piazza opposite Santa Maria Maggiore which shows football on screens inside and out (including the Manchester derby highlights on Sunday evening

) Think it was called Druids Rock.

GramercyRiffs

poochiem

yeah theres an irish bar just west of piazza venezia - i popped in the last time i was there and they had 7 different champs league matches on at once. overload!

if u use venere don't book any hotel under an customer 8.0 rating but you should get something decent for 50 a night.

man city nigel

Thanks to all involved who have given me the benefit of your knowledge...keep it coming ...

General opinion is I'll be ok to get tickets on the day for Torino game (with a passport ?)

Myles

Yeah, with a passport though.

SoniaA

Every time I return to Turin I stay at the Piemontese Hotel. Continental breakfast included and about 10-15 minutes from Porta Nuova. Only 5 minutes away from Murphys Bar! Oh the memories!

Hope this helps.