소토 라 쿠폴라 게스트 하우스

Very close to St. Peter's Square. Got friendly and quick responses to our questions, and at check in. We walked from Roma San Pietro station (about ten minutes). Apartment is spotlessly clean, and the common area fridge is restocked daily with water, juice, milk, and yogurt. Breakfast is one croissant each, but you can have unlimited coffee and tea, which we appreciated.

The location was perfect in our opinion and the food recommendations in the area given by Emilia were delicious and reasonably priced. We would definitely choose to stay here again if we returned to Rome.

Close to St. Peter’s bascilica. Goood air conditioning. Staff was very helpful. Clean rooms. Easy walk to restaurants and museum. Espresso and croissants for breakfast. Beds are not comfortable and although the actual rooms did not smell like smoke ....the lobby and halls smelled like smoke. Safe neighborhood and you can walk at night/late.

Fantastic value and perfect location!!!

Pros: Close to Vatican, bus/metro, restaurants, souvenir stores, grocery store, safe to walk. Emilia, the owner, speaks English and provided me with Lactaid, a milk for lactose intolerant people like me. Thanks, Emilia. Owner is very nice and accommodating. Cons: buffet breakfast is deceiving. It only consists of 6 thinly sliced loaf bread, small package of crackers (2/package), a small package of toasted bread (2/package), jams, a package of croissant, milk, coffee, juices, 32 oz of bottled water, fresh croissant and yogurt. What I expected upon seeing the word buffet was a typical American breakfast buffet. When I travel to Europe I always stay in hotels with buffet breakfast. It typically consists of assorted cut meats and cheeses, eggs, sausages, croissants, rolls, pancakes/waffles, pastries, fruits, veggies/salads, rice, pasta, juice, coffee, tea, to name a few. So I was disappointed with the buffet breakfast Sotto Cupola offered me. It should have been called continental breakfast, not buffet. Sotto is an apartment unit with 3 bedrooms, a very tiny dining/kitchen area with a mini fridge and stove. It's surrounded by other apartment buildings, with some of the units being rented out as guest houses or bed and breakfast. It's a block away from a busy street. The entrance to the street leading to the apartment displays large garbage bins with overflowing garbage making it look trashy.

My 8 yo son and I, visiting the Vatican from California... enjoyed the breakfast room with the Pope - in cordial conversation.

We were greeted by Emelia at about 10:00 AM. We were early as we had just disembarked a cruise ship. She arranged for our pick up in Civitavecchia and transport to the Sotto la Cupola. She even allowed us to check-in and leave our luggage early so we could begin our tour of Rome. The rooms were clean and well appointed; the kitchen was clean and stocked with a variety of breakfast and snack foods. Emelia was most attentive, helpful with maps and restaurant recommendations. The facility is 2 1/2 blocks from the south wall of the Vatican. Our two families highly recommend the Sotto la Cupola.

The owner, Emilia, was very helpful and congenial. The bedroom and kitchen were just as described. We found the apartment to be clean and comfortable.

Super location and Emelia was a great host. There if you needed her. Would stay there again

Our check-in and check out process did not go smoothly. I would not recommend this place unless you have a European phone plan and are used to this style of accommodations. We waited for 45 minutes outside a locked door at the address given to us. Once the host finally showed up we were taken to a second location across the street. Once inside, the room was nice and had a small patio. It was very close to the Vatican and a major bus stop to get to the other areas of Rome. The breakfast was basic packaged items, not fresh, and we did not eat it. Overall, this place was good enough and mainly for the location.