Rome, the Eter­nal City, is like New York — it never sleeps. Find­ing a quiet haven in Rome is mirac­u­lous. From a pre­vi­ous visit we knew the Villa Borgh­ese area could be rel­a­tively peace­ful. Based largely on Tri­pAd­vi­sor reviews, we chose to stay in April at the Hotel Golden. This is not a place to see-and-be-seen, nor a high-style bou­tique hotel sport­ing the lat­est trendy décor. But this is the place to stay with the Roman fam­ily you never knew you had!

The hotel occu­pies a res­i­den­tial build­ing on a quiet street less than a block from Villa Borgh­ese Park – a god­send for fam­i­lies with chil­dren because there is plenty of room to run around in the park. We arrived via the car ser­vice hired through the hotel – an easy, stress-free option. The small recep­tion area and tiny break­fast room are on the 2^nd floor – there is no lobby.  We were upgraded to the fam­ily suite, and while two of the extra bed­rooms remained locked (and unseen), the space we had avail­able was enor­mous, par­tic­u­larly by Euro­pean stan­dards — a large, high-ceiling bed­room (king bed + twin day bed), a din­ing room, bath­room and large vestibule. We were wal­low­ing in space!

It’s dif­fi­cult to over­state the care with which the fam­ily caters to their guests. We over­slept the first morn­ing, miss­ing the open hours in the break­fast room. With­out ask­ing, Mama whipped up cof­fee and break­fast for us. On another day, when we planned to dine else­where for break­fast, they held the kitchen open until we appeared because they thought we’d over­slept again. Such atten­tion is unheard of in a typ­i­cal hotel! Being in the fam­ily suite on the 3^rd floor required a fam­ily mem­ber to escort us to unlock the outer door, so some­one was always on hand with a smile and con­cern that our day was a happy one. Kudos to the Loria fam­ily for a charm­ing, well-run inn!

My pic­tures appear dark, but the room actu­ally has very large win­dows that look out upon an ancient sec­tion of the city wall toward the Villa Borgh­ese. There are both a large wardrobe and desk with chair not seen in this picture.

hotel golden large king bed

hotel golden twin day bed

The spa­cious bath­room fea­tures a walk-in shower.

hotel golden dou­ble sink bathroom

We absolutely rec­om­mend the Hotel Golden to any­one look­ing to be trea­sured by fam­ily in Rome!