Hotel Accommodation

The 2 star hotel Marsala provides 54 accommodations located just in front of the central railway station, Termini. All Airport connections via bus or train express to Ciampino and Fiumicino go out from Termini station. The rooms are pleasantly furnished and comfortable. All accommodations are equipped with fridge, safe, T.V., hairdryer and telephone. The Marsala is a 2 star and hence each rooms includes a sink but with some of the budget rooms you need to share the bathrooms which are located on the each floor. The Fiumicino airport is located 40 kms and the Ciampino airport 20 kms but thanks to the vicinity of the Marsala to the station both airports can be reached with 30 to 40 min via airport express trains and airport shuttle buses. For Marsala reservations from £80 click here >>

The Hotel Marsala is located just in front of the Stazione Termini, the central railway station of Rome. The welcoming place is pleasantly furnished and accommodations are equipped with fridge, safe, T.V., hairdryer and telephone. The very inexpensive 2 star budget hotel Marsala has no restaurant but Breakfast will be served at the Hotel Stromboli located just next door.

The Marsala offers the ideal accommodation for your perfect getaway to "bella Roma". The Marsala is the right choice when seeking a good location in the city centre and a cheap but cozy accommodation that allows you to enjoy your holiday to the fullest without worries about how to get around, safety or your holiday budget. Be it for a long term vacation or just a short city break over the weekend the Marsala personal will take care of your needs and provide you with guidance throughout your stay.

Hotels and Attractions

The Roman Forum
For a place that was once the centre the Mediterranean world and saw so much history that it is now a very quite place. Instead cats claimed the Roman Forum as their knew home and do a pretty good job keeping it clear from rats. Originally the Roman Forum was a sodden valley lying between the Capitaline and Palatine hills. The Forum originates from the Italian world fuori which means outside. According to history it was the tribes shared marketplace when Romulus made peace with the Sabines. Today it is the sacred symbol of the founding of the united city Rome. During the seven centuries of the Republic the Forum was the heartbeat of the Roman empire.

Colosseum
From the Forum’s exit, turn right and follow Via dei Fori Imperiali to the Colosseum. Despite earthquakes, subsidence, pollution and the vibrations of traffic and metro line that run underneath the Colosseum, it has survived more the two millenniums. From 1992 to 2000 a restoration programme was organized by the government.

Spanish Steps

A symbol of Rome and an absolutely amazing sight even for those visitors that have already seen the Spanish Steps hundred of times. The Scalinata della Tritiną dei Monti is a fascinating and touching sight admired by tourists from all over the world. The Spanish Steps are beautifully decorated with flowers especially during spring season. The Fountain at Piazza di Spagna at the bottom of the Spanish Steps, the Obelisk and the twin tower church on the top and above that the Roman blue sky. The Scalinata is one the most famous attractions and was built the late baroque. The Spanish Steps were constructed from 1723 until 1726 by Fransceso de Sanctis in order to create a dignified entrance to the S. Tritiną church. The S. Tritiną church is besides S. Luici dei Francesi, which borders the French Villa dei Medici, the second French national church in Roma. Also the construction of the Spanish Steps were paid by the former Legates of the French embassy at that time. Thus one could also call the Spanish Steps the “French Steps”.

The S. Tritiną dei Monti church was built in 1502 arranged by king Ludwig XII. The S. Tritiną dei Monti church was inaugurated more than 80 years later in 1585. The pictorial front comes from Carlo Maderno. Standing in front of the church a particularly picturesque view over the historical centre opens up. In front of the church and right on top of the Spanish Steps the church a sallustian Obelisk from the antique sallustian gardens appears. Placed there in 1789 the sallustian Obelisk is a Roman imitation faked towards the Egyptian original.

On the bottom of the Spanish Steps the strongly animated Piazza di Spagna opens up. Opposite the Spanish Steps at the other end of the Piazza di Spagna the Via Condotti leads to Via Del Corso. The Piazza di Spagna itself is dominated by Pietro Bernini’s artifact, the beautiful foutain Fontana della Barcaccia built from 1627 to 1629. Pietro Bernini and his sun Giann Lorenzo are one of the most significant artistes of their epoch in Italy.

Trevi Fountain

The Trevi Fountain is not only a famous tourist attraction but also a cult place since the movie „Three Coins in The Fountain“. It is that movie where the superstition comes from that one must throw a coin into the water in order to secure the return to Roma. Some even say you have to throw the coin exactly over your left shoulder sitting backwards to the Trevi Fountain. Its hard to tell how old this well-known saga is but its surely not older than the Trevi Fountain itself, so lets say roughly about 200 years old maximum. As you might have guessed the Fontana di Trevi is in fact the youngest sight of all the so called classical Roman tourist sights. The Trevi Fountain was built for the since the antiquity existing Aqua Vergine around 1732 to 1751 by Nicola Salvi in front of the Palazzo Poli.

Stazione Termini Roma

Pope Gregor XVI refused the construction of a central train station and the connection with the Vatican to the rest of Europe’s railway system. Only when Pius IX built the first central station in this religious capital. At first the central station was established far outside the city between mansions and vineyards in the proximity of the Diolcetian thermals and that is why the current central station is called Stazione Termini Roma. As 1930 Mussolini was in power he had the vision of a building a giant Roman central station using it as a symbol of power. The work was finished in 1950. The Stazione Termini Roma was planned and built by several architects and engineers, a team effort including above all Angiolo Mazzoni Del Grande and Annibale Vitellozzi. The bold building is an interesting monument representing the optimistic modernism. Outside the huge entrance hall remain the relics of the Serviani wall from the year 390 before Christ.