Both serve breakfast on the roof and have no spa or pool. Palazzo Manfredi, on busy Via Labicana, suits Colosseum obsessives who will pay for a Master Room; The Inn at the Roman Forum, on a pedestrian lane, suits history on foot, with a cryptoporticus off the lobby.
A palazzo of 24 rooms and suites on Via Labicana with the Colosseum about 190 metres west across the Ludus Magnus, in the window of one room category, in that room's shower, and from the roof terrace.
€€€€From about €493 a night
Choose Palazzo Manfredi if
Colosseum obsessives
First Rome trip
Special occasions
Rooftop dinners
Couples on a splurge
The catch
Only one of the three room categories sees the Colosseum. For 9 to 11 February 2027, the courtyard-facing Prestige was 493 euros a night and the Colosseum-facing Master 722, a step of 229 euros for the view you came for. Rooms get breakfast, while the hotel lists a one-way airport transfer and a 50 euro food and drink credit per stay for suites only, so check what your rate includes.
A small house on a pedestrian lane in Monti with its own Roman cryptoporticus off the lobby at street level and breakfast on the roof above the Imperial Forums.
€€€€From about €390 a night
Choose The Inn at the Roman Forum if
Couples
Ancient Rome first
Short city breaks
History on foot
The catch
What is sold as one hotel is seven separately licensed units at five addresses on two streets, Via degli Ibernesi 8, 23, 30 and 32 and Via Baccina 4, under three different companies, and the hotel's own website sells four of them as separate collections. The Autograph collection is at Via degli Ibernesi 23, licensed as a holiday apartment to a different company, and is priced the same as the main-house Elegant rooms. Nothing states that guests in the outlying units get the same round-the-clock access to the crypt, so ask.
Both serve breakfast on the roof and have no spa or pool. Palazzo Manfredi, on busy Via Labicana, suits Colosseum obsessives who will pay for a Master Room; The Inn at the Roman Forum, on a pedestrian lane, suits history on foot, with a cryptoporticus off the lobby.
Good questions about Palazzo Manfredi vs The Inn at the Roman Forum
Palazzo Manfredi or The Inn at the Roman Forum?
Both serve breakfast on the roof and have no spa or pool. Palazzo Manfredi, on busy Via Labicana, suits Colosseum obsessives who will pay for a Master Room; The Inn at the Roman Forum, on a pedestrian lane, suits history on foot, with a cryptoporticus off the lobby.
Is Palazzo Manfredi worth it?
Book it for one thing: the amphitheatre about 190 metres west, framed from a bedroom window, a shower and a rooftop table, in a house of 24 rooms and suites that does breakfast up there for everyone. Pay for a Master Room or a suite, or the view is not yours. Twenty-four rooms and suites in the middle of ancient Rome, priced for the window rather than the floor area, with a one-star kitchen on the roof and almost nothing else in the way of facilities. The city is the amenity; the hotel supplies the vantage point, the breakfast and the cocktail.
Does Palazzo Manfredi have a pool or a beach?
There is no pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
Is The Inn at the Roman Forum worth it?
Book it for the archaeology off the lobby and the garden on the roof, not for facilities, of which there are none. Take the Junior Suite, plan dinner out in Monti, and get written confirmation of which building your room is actually in. About fourteen rooms in the middle of ancient Rome, with a 2,000-year-old cryptoporticus behind the reception door and a garden on the roof, and almost no other facilities in the building. The rate buys the address and the archaeology rather than anything you can use, and the room you are given may not be in this building at all.
Does The Inn at the Roman Forum have a pool or a beach?
There is no pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
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