citizenM Hotel Rome Isola Tiberina
Hotel · Regola
Lungotevere de' Cenci, 5-8, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
Highlights
Smart, affordable hotel with styled rooms, art, and 24/7 bar
Smart, affordable hotel with styled rooms, art, and 24/7 bar
"It’s always refreshing to find smart, affordable hotels in Rome. The city's new citizenM strikes the balance with its pleasingly styled rooms (clean lines, modern furniture), and while they’re not huge, the designers have made the most of the space, with king-sized beds fitted wall to wall, big HDTVs beside expansive windows, and rain showers in the bathrooms. The lobby’s got a colorful art collection, and the canteenM bar is open 24/7. The 162 rooms are smartly furnished with all the essentials and a bit more—we’d call it minimalist-attractive. Rooms are cozy and compact, and the designers have made the best use of the space; beds, for example, are enormous with comfortable mattresses and super soft linens. Floor space is sacrificed, but the widescreen TV and super-fast Wi-Fi more than make up for it. Bathrooms feature powerful rain showers. Everything in the rooms, from the blinds to the lights to the air-conditioning temperature, can be controlled via in-room iPads or the citizenM app." - Maresa Manara
"It’s always refreshing to find smart, affordable hotels in Rome. The city's new citizenM strikes the balance with pleasingly styled rooms (clean lines, modern furniture) and while they’re not huge, the designers have made the most of the space, with King-sized beds fitted wall to wall, big HD TVs beside expansive windows, and rain showers in the bathrooms. The lobby’s got a colorful art collection, and the canteenM bar is open 24/7. The 162 rooms are smartly furnished with all the essentials and a bit more—we’d call it minimalist-attractive. Rooms are cosy and compact, and the designers have made best use of the space; beds, for example, are enormous with comfortable mattresses and super soft linens. Floor space is sacrificed, but the widescreen TV and super-fast Wi-Fi more than make up for it. Bathrooms feature powerful rain showers. Everything in the rooms, from the blinds to the lights to the air-conditioning temperature, can be controlled via in-room iPads or the citizenM App." - Maresa Manara
"Why book It’s always refreshing to find smart, affordable hotels in Rome like the new CitizenM. The rooms are pleasingly styled (clean lines, modern furniture) and while they’re not huge, the designers have made the most of the space, with King-sized beds fitted wall to wall, big HD TVs beside expansive windows, and rain showers in the bathrooms. The lobby’s got a colorful art collection, and the canteenM bar is open 24/7. Set the scene A blend of informality, cool design and affordability, CitizenM’s first foray into the Italian market doesn’t disappoint. In a former journalists union building on the Tiber, just a few steps from buzzy Trastevere, it manages to feel more like a friend’s eclectic apartment than a hotel. In place of a lobby there’s a big living room, with smatterings of objects, art and books, and comfortable designer furniture placed ‘just so’. The walls are draped with brightly colored art murals and documentary-style photography from Italian artists Piero Percoco and Camillo Pasquarelli—making the whole experience decidedly more interesting than your average, medium-cost hotel. The backstory The original building designed and built in the late 1950s has had a hipster makeover, with big, floor to ceiling windows, colorful mid-century furniture and concrete floors. CitizenM has made its name with a commitment to art, which they show off in an ever-evolving wheel of collaborations with emerging and established artists. Here, Roman artist UNO, known for his street art murals, has taken over the ground floor with a striking artwork titled Guarda in Alto, 2023 “look high,” a tribute to the city of Rome. The rooms The 162 rooms are smartly furnished with all the essentials and a bit more—we’d call it minimalist-attractive. Rooms are cosy and compact, and the designers have made best use of the space; beds, for example, are enormous with comfortable mattresses and super soft linens. Floor space is sacrificed, but the widescreen TV and super-fast Wi-Fi more than make up for it. Bathrooms feature powerful rain showers and decent size bottles of shower gel and shampoo (pack your own moisturizer). Everything in the rooms, from the blinds to the lights to the air-conditioning temperature, can be controlled via in-room iPads or the citizenM App. Food and drink There’s no restaurant on-site but the canteenM bar is open 24 hours, seven days a week, and offers breakfast, snacks and coffee—all of which can be enjoyed on the rooftop terrace. The neighborhood The immediate area around the hotel doesn’t offer much (though you’ll find a supermarket 100 yards away and a small coffee shop just across the river) but you’ve got the Vatican several blocks to the west, Colosseum and Forum to the east and the Pantheon and Trevi fountain just north, and the Trastevere neighborhood is a nice walk away. The service The staff (Mia, Remi and Daniela on our visit) are lovely. Kid sick in the middle of the night? They’ll change your bed sheets immediately, no questions asked. Wondering what to do on a quiet Sunday afternoon in Rome? They’ve got you covered. Eco effort CitizenM has a broad environmental ethos, with all the brand’s hotels either holding green building certificates or working towards achieving them. CitizenM Rome Isola Tiberina is citizenM’s first electrified hotel, meaning the hotel doesn’t use gas and purchases green electricity, meaning all stays are low-carbon. There’s no single-use plastic in the property, and they’re looking to reduce water usage too."
"CitizenM can always be counted on to provide budget-friendly rooms in improbably central locations, with a generous measure of a certain kind of style. What CitizenM Roma Isola Tiberia offers isn’t high-end Roman luxury, of course, but cheerfully efficient modern Dutch design. It’s a mid-century building, which suits the modernist concept to a tee, and there’s plenty of local color to be found here — from contemporary Italian art in the public spaces to the elevated views of the Eternal City from the hotel’s hip rooftop bar." - Tablet Hotels
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