NH Collection Palazzo Cinquecento — The Closest Address to the Airport Train
It fits when the airport train and an early departure decide the trip, and you want a five-star room to absorb the station setting. It does not fit if St Peter's is the centre of your days — at 3.92km it is the furthest of the seven Termini stays from the Vatican.
At a glance
- Official name
- NH Collection Palazzo Cinquecento
- Location & getting around
- Piazza dei Cinquecento 90, Rome, Italy
- Area
- Termini
- Property type
- Hotel · 5★
- Guest score
- 8.8 / 10 · 536 reviews
Agoda guest score (as of 2026-08-23) - Good for
- Couples, Business
- Rooms & occupancy
- Double, Suite
- Source: Agoda property information
- Agoda data checked: 2026-08-23
- 167m to Roma Termini — the closest of the 28 Rome stays here
- Five stars and 177 rooms, the largest of the Termini seven
- Guests repeatedly note it is quiet despite the address
- 3.92km to St Peter's — the furthest of the Termini seven
- 2.04km to the Pantheon, so the old city is a bus or a long walk
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167m — the shortest walk in this comparison
Of the 28 Rome properties compared on this site, this is the closest one to Roma Termini. It stands on Piazza dei Cinquecento, the square the station opens onto.
That number is doing more work in Rome than it would elsewhere. The Leonardo Express reaches Fiumicino non-stop in 32 minutes and stops only at Termini — from every other area in the city the airport means a change or a taxi. A 167m walk is the difference between rolling a suitcase across a square and building an extra leg into the day.
| Distance | |
|---|---|
| Roma Termini | 167m |
| Colosseum | 1.54km |
| Pantheon | 2.04km |
| St Peter’s Basilica | 3.92km |
| Fiumicino Airport | 24.50km |
Rooms — 177 of them, and only two shapes
The largest of the seven properties in this area, and the room list is short for that size: doubles and suites. There is no triple and no quad, which for a five-star at a station address is a real constraint rather than an oversight — parties of three should look at iQ Hotel Roma or The RomeHello nearby.
What guests do raise is the bathtub, which comes up more than once and is not standard in Roman hotels of this vintage. Several also describe a junior suite on the main road that stayed quiet — the building wraps a planted courtyard, and that is where to ask for a room if noise worries you.
Confirm the configuration rather than the label. A suite here is a larger room, not necessarily more beds.
Facilities — built to absorb a full house
Bar, restaurant, gym and a business centre, which is the fullest list of the seven and follows from the scale. 177 rooms means the breakfast service and the lobby are sized for a hotel rather than for a converted floor of a palazzo, and guests notice: the front-desk, security and breakfast teams are singled out in eight of the twelve reviews we read.
The buffet breakfast draws specific praise for range. That matters more in this area than it sounds — the streets immediately around the station are not where you want to hunt for breakfast at seven in the morning.
There is no pool and no spa. In central Rome that is the norm rather than a gap.
Best for
- Early Fiumicino departures on the Leonardo Express
- A first or last night bracketing a train journey
- Wanting the station without a station-grade room
Not ideal if
- The Vatican is your daily anchor
- You want to walk to the Pantheon in under 20 minutes
The station address is the argument, and also the cost
Read the table sideways and the trade appears. 3.92km to St Peter’s is the furthest of the seven Termini properties and among the longest of all 28. Vatican mornings are a metro ride, not a walk. The Pantheon at 2.04km is the same story in smaller print — reachable on foot, but not the five-minute stroll people picture when they book “central Rome”.
If your days are built around the Forum and the Colosseum, 1.54km is workable. If they are built around the Vatican Museums, a different area is doing you a favour.
What guests raise more than once
Quiet, despite the address. This comes up repeatedly and it is the point worth passing on — guests who expected station noise report the opposite, including one in a room facing the main road. The building wraps a planted courtyard, and that is where the quiet rooms are. It is worth asking for the courtyard side rather than assuming.
Staff. Eight of the twelve reviews we read single out the front desk, breakfast and security teams by name or role. That is an unusually high share and it is consistent across languages.
Cleanliness and the bathtub also recur. We do not quote guests directly and we have not stayed here — these are patterns across the reviews on the booking page, checked on the date below.
Before you book
- 177 rooms across five stars — the largest of the seven Termini stays here, so the lobby and breakfast service run at scale rather than as a small operation
- Check-in 15:00, check-out 12:00. The noon check-out is the latest in this area, which pairs well with an afternoon train
- Room types are stated as doubles and suites. Confirm the configuration rather than the label if you are three or more — rooms for three-plus are scarcer in Rome than in Asia
- The city tax is charged at check-out and rises with the star rating. At five stars it is €10 per person per night, capped at ten nights, and it is not in the price you booked (the detail is on the Italy page)
Set against the rest of the area in hotels near Roma Termini, and against the other five areas in where to stay in Rome.
FAQ
How close is it to Roma Termini really?
167m from the station, on Piazza dei Cinquecento directly in front of it. The Leonardo Express to Fiumicino runs non-stop in 32 minutes and stops only at Termini.
Is it noisy, being on the station square?
Several guests raise this unprompted and say the opposite — that a room facing the main road was still not loud, and that the courtyard side sleeps well. Ask for a courtyard room if noise is a concern.
Can I reach the Vatican on foot?
Not comfortably. It is 3.92km to St Peter's, the longest in this area. Plan on the metro or a bus for Vatican mornings.
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