Hotel Ripa Roma — The Flat Side of Trastevere, and the Bigger One
It fits when you want Trastevere on the flat, with a hotel's scale and rooms that hold more than two. It does not fit if you want the higher-scoring of the neighbourhood's two options, or a short run to the station.
At a glance
- Official name
- Hotel Ripa Roma
- Location & getting around
- 3 degli Orti di Trastevere Street, Rome, Italy
- Area
- Trastevere
- Property type
- Hotel · 4★
- Guest score
- 8.1 / 10 · 649 reviews
Agoda guest score (as of 2026-08-23) - Good for
- Families, Business
- Rooms & occupancy
- Family room, Suite, Triple
- Source: Agoda property information
- Agoda data checked: 2026-08-23
- 199 rooms — availability where the neighbourhood offers almost none
- Family rooms, triples and suites listed
- On the flat river side, not the Janiculum slope
- 8.1 from 649 reviews — the lower of Trastevere's two hotels
- 3.39km to Termini and the airport train
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The other one
Trastevere has two hotels in this comparison. We searched 414 Rome properties to find that out, and everything else on that side of the river is apartments and B&Bs with thin review histories.
So the real question here is not whether this property beats the field. It is how it differs from the one other option.
| Donna Camilla Savelli | Hotel Ripa Roma | |
|---|---|---|
| Rooms | 99 | 199 |
| Guest score | 9.0 (472) | 8.1 (649) |
| Position | Janiculum slope, uphill | River side, flat |
| Building | 17th-century convent | Purpose-built |
| Rooms above two | triples, family rooms | triples, family rooms, suites |
Two things fall to this one: the ground and the scale. Via degli Orti di Trastevere sits on the flat near the river, so the walk back from dinner in the lanes is level rather than up the hill. And 199 rooms in a neighbourhood with two hotels is the difference between having a choice in August and not.
The guest score falls the other way, clearly — 8.1 against 9.0.
Rooms — 199 of them, and suites the other one does not have
Family rooms, triples and suites. Twice the room count of the neighbourhood’s other hotel, and the only one of the two listing suites.
In a neighbourhood with two hotels, 199 rooms is the difference between having a choice in August and not. Rome fills up and Trastevere has almost no hotel stock to absorb it.
Confirm the bed configuration rather than the room name. There is no dominant complaint about the rooms in the sample we read — with 649 reviews behind an 8.1, the sensible move is to read the newest ones and form your own view.
Facilities — bar, gym, restaurant and a business centre
The fuller list of Trastevere’s two hotels, and breakfast is the strongest pattern in the sample at seven of twelve reviews. Staff come up four times.
The real facility is the ground. Via degli Orti di Trastevere sits on the flat near the river, so the walk back from dinner in the lanes is level rather than up the Janiculum — which is the one thing its higher-scoring neighbour cannot offer.
Termini at 3.39km is the number to plan around. The Leonardo Express runs only from there, so either build the transfer into your departure or take a taxi straight to Fiumicino.
Best for
- Families needing triples, family rooms or suites
- Avoiding the Janiculum climb at the end of the night
- Booking late in a neighbourhood with two hotels
Not ideal if
- You are choosing purely on guest score
- You need Termini within easy reach
What the distances mean here
| Distance | |
|---|---|
| Colosseum | 2.09km |
| Pantheon | 2.03km |
| St Peter’s Basilica | 2.68km |
| Roma Termini | 3.39km |
| Fiumicino Airport | 21.16km |
Nothing is close and nothing is far. That is Trastevere: a bridge from the old city, a bridge from the Vatican, and a long way from the station. If the reason you are here is the evening across the river, the numbers are the price of it and they are not unreasonable.
Termini at 3.39km is the thing to plan around. The Leonardo Express runs only from there, so either build the transfer into your departure or take a taxi straight to Fiumicino, 21.2km away.
Within the review sample, staff come up four times and cleanliness twice, with no recurring complaint that would explain the 8.1 on its own. With 649 reviews behind it the number is reasonably settled, so the sensible move is to read the newest ones and form your own view of the rooms.
We have not stayed here. These are patterns across the guest reviews on the booking page, read on the date below.
Before you book
- 199 rooms, four stars. Family rooms, triples and suites are listed — confirm the bed configuration rather than the room name
- Check-in 14:00, check-out 12:00
- Bar, gym, restaurant and business centre are listed — the fuller facility list of Trastevere’s two
- City tax is collected at check-out and scales with the star rating, and sits outside the rate you booked (the bands are on the Italy page)
Both of the neighbourhood’s hotels are set side by side in Trastevere hotels.
FAQ
How is it different from the other Trastevere hotel?
Position and size. This one sits on the flat near the river with 199 rooms; Donna Camilla Savelli is a 99-room converted convent up the Janiculum slope. That one scores 9.0 to this one's 8.1, and this one is the easier walk home.
Does it take families?
Family rooms, triples and suites are listed. In Trastevere that is genuinely useful — the alternative accommodation is mostly apartments, and there are only two hotels in the neighbourhood at all.
Is 8.1 a problem?
It is on the lower side of the 28 Rome stays compared here, from a reasonably deep sample of 649. The reviews we read raise staff and cleanliness without a dominant complaint, so read the recent ones and judge the rooms yourself.
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