Originally Posted by
jeeden
Yea, a lot of people say it is kind of rough there, but a lot also say it is overblown. I'm not interested in using the trains around Rome for anything anyway and would rather take a taxi for convenience and to reduce pick-pocket risk. I think we will wind up at the tribune or an Airbnb probably just because of location, cost, and room (need accommodations for my family of 5)
It feels like things have cleaned up a bit around there and the hotel is very close to the Mercato Centrale Roma foodhall, so lots of foot traffic. I wouldn't want to stay there if I wanted to be in the heart of gelato eating, monument defacing touristdom, but if I felt comfortable taking the bus without all my worldly possessions in my lululemon fanny pack and enjoyed seeing some smaller sites (domus aurea, santa maria maggiore, esquilino market), I would stay here. Its an easy walk down to the centro with some cool stuff on the way and you can definitely take the metro/bus back at the end of the day. What I do like about the location is that getting to the train to Florence would be easy peasy.