La Bartolomea Home & Suite

This is a small, lovely guest house— not quite a hotel with full hotel services,so there isn’t someone at the desk 24 hours a day. It’s about halfway down Via Orsini, on the left side and up a stone staircase. It’s in an old building that has been very nicely redone on the interior with new wiring, plumbing, lighting, etc. When you arrive, you may need to phone in order to contact the host. The phone number is posted on the door, and she’s very prompt to respond. The rooms are good size, spotlessly clean and nicely furnished. There’s decent wifi. The bathroom is similarly spotless and functional, with a glassed-in shower and a corner — one that’s a bit larger than I’ve seen in some other hotels with updated rooms in old buildings. You get a continental breakfast, available down the street at a pleasant cafe. Two things to be aware of: You have to walk up an exterior staircase to the front door, and then if your room is on an upper floor, you have to walk up - there’s no elevator. And those new interior walls are thin. You can hear someone talking on the phone in an adjacent room (and people do tend to speak loudly into their cell phones.)