Colonna Palace Hotel — The Shortest Walk to the Pantheon in Rome
It fits when you want the Pantheon at the end of the street and a square that is watched around the clock. It does not fit if a recently refurbished interior is what four stars means to you — guests describe the building as showing its age.
At a glance
- Official name
- Colonna Palace Hotel
- Location & getting around
- 12 Montecitorio Square, Rome, Italy
- Area
- Centro Storico
- Property type
- Hotel · 4★
- Guest score
- 8.6 / 10 · 1,188 reviews
Agoda guest score (as of 2026-08-23) - Good for
- Families, Couples, Business
- Rooms & occupancy
- Double, Suite, Triple, Twin
- Source: Agoda property information
- Agoda data checked: 2026-08-23
- 264m to the Pantheon — the closest of all 28 Rome stays here
- Faces Palazzo Montecitorio, seat of the Chamber of Deputies
- Triples and quads listed in a district short of them
- Guests describe the building and fittings as dated
- 1.84km to Termini, so the airport train is a ride away
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264m — no address in this comparison is closer to the Pantheon
Of the 28 Rome properties on this site, this one has the shortest walk to the Pantheon. Not the shortest in its area — the shortest, full stop.
| Distance | |
|---|---|
| Pantheon | 264m |
| Colosseum | 1.58km |
| Roma Termini | 1.84km |
| St Peter’s Basilica | 2.11km |
| Fiumicino Airport | 22.80km |
Read that column and the shape of a Centro Storico stay appears. Everything the old city holds is inside a few hundred metres, and everything else is a journey. Termini at 1.84km means the Leonardo Express is a bus or a taxi away rather than a walk, which is the standing trade for this part of Rome.
Rooms — 102 of them, and three or four people fit
Doubles, twins, triples and suites. The triple is the reason a party of three books here rather than paying for two rooms, and in the historic centre that option is scarce — of the five properties in this district, four list one.
Three of the twelve reviews we read describe the rooms as roomy, which for a 17th-century palazzo is not guaranteed. The counterweight is in the same sample: four guests call the building and its fittings dated, describing soundproofing as about what you would expect from a building of that age.
Neither is wrong. This is an old central building that has been a hotel for a long time, and the 8.6 across 1,188 reviews is the average of those two readings.
Facilities — a restaurant, a business centre, and no pool
There is no swimming pool. Some listings imply one; what exists is a roof garden with a solarium and a jacuzzi, and guests describe the water as ankle-deep. We have left the pool tag off this property deliberately — a “hotels with a pool” filter should not return it.
What the roof does give is the view, and it is a specific one: the Antonine Column, the obelisk and the rooftops of the centre. Three guests raise it.
Breakfast comes up in six of twelve reviews. Beyond that the list is a restaurant and a business centre — normal for this district, where hotels are floors carved out of old palazzi with no room for a gym.
Best for
- Walking the old city from the door
- Travellers uneasy about wandering back after dark
- Parties of three and four in the historic centre
Not ideal if
- You want a contemporary, refurbished interior
- You need a metro station nearby
The square explains the reviews
Something unusual happens in this property’s guest reviews: seven of the twelve we read mention how safe the area feels, which is not a thing people normally volunteer about a hotel.
The explanation is architectural. The hotel faces Palazzo Montecitorio, the seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies since 1871, with government and judicial buildings on the adjoining sides. A square that houses the lower house of parliament carries a permanent police presence, and guests notice it — several describe officers on duty at all hours and say they walked back late without thinking about it.
That is worth knowing precisely because a booking page will not tell you. It is a fact about the address rather than an opinion about the hotel, and in a city where visitors worry about pickpockets it changes how the evenings feel.
What the same reviews say about the building
The counterweight is in the same sample. Four of the twelve describe the hotel as dated — an old building, older fittings, soundproofing that one guest called about what you would expect from a building of that age.
None of them sound betrayed by it. They are describing a historic-centre palazzo that has been a hotel for a long time, in a district where almost every hotel is exactly that. But if four stars means a refurbished room to you, the score of 8.6 across 1,188 reviews is telling you where the gap is. Staff are the strongest positive — nine of twelve.
One practical note: the square in front is a public piazza, and a guest mentions it can be lively in peak season. Rooms facing the courtyard side are the quieter ask.
We have not stayed here. These are patterns across the guest reviews on the booking page, read on the date below, and we pass on only points several people make.
Before you book
- 102 rooms, four stars. Doubles, twins, triples and suites are listed — triples matter here because rooms for three or more are scarce across Rome
- Check-in 14:00, check-out 12:00
- There is no swimming pool. The roof terrace has a solarium and a jacuzzi; treat any listing that says “pool” as describing that
- The metro does not cross the historic centre. Everything here is on foot, which is the point of the district and also its limitation on a hot day
- City tax is charged at check-out and rises with the star rating, and is not in the price you booked (the detail is on the Italy page)
Compared with the rest in Centro Storico hotels; the six areas are set against each other in where to stay in Rome.
FAQ
Is there a swimming pool?
No. There is a roof garden with a solarium and a jacuzzi, and the hotel's own site describes it that way. Some listings imply a pool; guests describe it as ankle-deep, so treat it as a terrace feature rather than a pool.
Why do guests talk about safety here?
The hotel stands on Piazza di Monte Citorio, facing Palazzo Montecitorio — the seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies since 1871. The square carries a permanent police presence because of it, and guests repeatedly say the area feels secure at night.
How close is the Pantheon?
264m, the shortest of the 28 Rome properties compared on this site. Piazza Navona, the Trevi Fountain and Campo de' Fiori are all inside a similar radius.
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