The Hotel Adriano is located on a busy street in the center of Rome in a popular tourist area. The hotel occupies a floor of a residential building and shares its elevator with the building’s residents. The austere reception area is made up of a large room with soft pink walls and a tiled floor, and it's dominated by a check-in desk. Apart from a faux-leather sofa and a public phone, it is sparsely furnished with a mirror and a few framed prints of the city’s monuments decorating the walls. Most of the guests staying here are couples on a budget visiting Rome as tourists. The hotel’s proximity to St. Peter’s also attracts many pilgrims visiting the Vatican City. 

The Adriatic Hotel is situated in the center of Rome, just a seven-minute walk away from the Vatican, and six minutes on foot to Castel Sant'Angelo. This makes it perfectly located for sightseers or visitors to the Vatican. The area also has excellent transportation links: There's a bus stop a one-minute walk away and the Ottaviano Metro Station is a 10-minute walk away. There are several cafes, bars, and restaurants in the immediate vicinity, and a mini-supermarket just next door. The Pantheon, Piazza Navona, the Opera House, the Baths of Diocletian, the Spanish Steps, and Trevi Fountain are all under a 20-minute bus ride away. Santa Maria degli Angeli, Termini Train Station, the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, and the Colosseum are all 13 to 15 minutes away by car (or 20 to 25 minutes via public transportation). Leonardo da Vinci International Airport takes about 30 minutes to reach by car.

The guest rooms at Adriatic Hotel can differ widely in size, and some are quite cramped. The style is a little dated -- but not unpleasant -- decorated in a cheery blue-and-green color scheme, including two-toned cream-and-blue wallpaper, green carpets with matching bedspreads and curtains, and attractive and well-maintained mahogany-color furniture. Some of the rooms have balconies overlooking the street below. The bathrooms are compact but have modern fixtures, C.O. Bigelow toiletries, hairdryers, and walk-in shower cubicles, though they can be a little claustrophobic. Some of the bathrooms are wet bathrooms, with no separate shower cubicle or basin. All guest rooms have flat-screen TVs, but they lack Wi-Fi (which is available in reception and the rooftop terrace). Air-conditioning must be requested and is charged an extra fee. The walls here tend to be thin and not well soundproofed, so street noise is a frequent complaint among guests. 

There are few extra amenities on offer at the Adriatic Hotel. The rooftop terrace is a pleasant place to relax, and -- along with the reception area -- can connect to the free Wi-Fi. Just off the reception area is a large luggage room, which also has a fridge full of cold drinks for sale. The reception desk is open 24 hours a day and staff members are on hand to provide tourist information or book tours and airport shuttle tickets. Pets are allowed on request for free.