LOCATION!!!
StarHome Novana is located, as the name suggests, STEPS from Piazza Novana. But better than that, it’s SO CENTRAL. It’s a €15 can ride to and from Roma Termini and only takes 20 minutes (and only because of traffic…because Rome). Even more betterer than that, YOU CAN WALK EVERYWHERE FROM
HERE with a maximum time of 30 minutes. Colosseum/Roman Forum: 25 minutes
Trevi fountain: 11 minutes
Pantheon: 6 minutes
Vatican: 30 minutes
Should I keep going? Ok, I will.
Jewish Ghetto: 15 minutes
Spanish Steps: 15 minutes
Piazza Novana: NONE minutes
And that’s walking. Cabs in Rome are not expensive, so take a stinkin’ cab if you have to.
Okay, next item in the “location” category is how freaking cool getting up to the room is. You will basically feel like you’re better than everyone else, because there is an unassuming green door basically inside the outdoor seating area of a restaurant, and that is your door. You get to smirk at the lowly peasants in the street as you open your special door and enter a long hallway lit with contemporary sconces which lead you to a marble spiral staircase. You’re basically Robert Langdon from “The Da’Vinci Code” at this point. While I do admit that the stairs are exhausting, it is worth the climb to the 3rd floor and the entrance to the hotel. There are 3 rooms and a lobby area, where my man Marlon has his desk, but we’ll get to him later. First, the room:
The room! Modern. Chic. Edgy. From the wood flooring with cool newspaper a