If you are not travelling alone, an apartment might be cheaper than a hotel. That's the advice I kept reading on the forums - yet I wanted to stay in an hotel for the additional comfort I thought I'd have. So I've booked two nights in an hotel close to Termini, and I was ready to stay three more nights there, but I ran away. The area is horrible at night: there were lots of strange people hanging around, my wife was complaining she didn't feel safe at all when we were coming back from our dinners. So I decided to find another accommodation, the hotel owner understood the situation and recommended me to go in the historical centre of the city (Piazza Navona/Campo di Fiori) which is much safer. We stayed in a small, affordable but very clean apartment rented through an agency called Rome Loft. I definitely recommend them as they found me accommodation very quickly, and I was really in a hurry to get out of the Termini nightmare!
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