STAR PRINCESS REVIEW  MED & GREEK ISLES CRUISE  SEPTEMBER 3-15, 2011  PRE-CRUISE STAY IN ROME

After a great business class flight on US Air from PHL, we arrived in Rome 3 days prior to the cruise. We reserved a Rome In Limo transfer from the airport to our hotel, The Albergo Del Senato. We reserved other tours with Rome In Limo, so we decided to also use them for our transfer to the hotel in Rome & our transfer to the pier on 9/3/11. We picked up our luggage and left the baggage area to look for our driver with a sign with our name on it. We were happy to see him and he quickly took our luggage and off we went to our hotel. We arrived at the Albergo Del Senato in the morning and we were able to check in quickly. We didn't plan much for this day because we thought we would be so tired from the long flight. Our hotel was right next to the Pantheon and within walking distance to many of the sights. Our room was quiet even though it faced the Piazza area. Unfortunately, the air conditioning was not as cool as we would have liked it to be. We called the desk each day to have the temperature lowered, but it never got cool enough for us. Our room was on the second floor with a view of the Pantheon and we walked up the stairs many times rather than waiting for the elevator. We were surprised that the carpeting on the stairs looked like it hadn't been cleaned in quite some time. The service was excellent at this hotel and they made excellent recommendations & reservations for dinner during our stay. We also enjoyed the rooftop bar and our chats with Joseph, the bartender there. This bar had magnificent views of the city and was a great place to have a pre &/or post dinner drink.

At the Albergo Del Senato, breakfast was included, but we were disappointed in what was offered. We weren't looking for an American breakfast, but we thought that this highly rated and expensive hotel would have offered a small assortment of hot items too. They served pastries, cereal, juice, cold meats/cheese and very watery scrambled eggs that guests were staying away from. Guests had to toast their own bread in the toaster on the buffet table & all items were served buffet style. Read more